action
Synopsis
Mixed Content Model
action ::= (#PCDATA|replaceable|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm| beginpage)*
Attributes
Name |
Type |
Default |
||
| moreinfo |
Enumeration:
|
"none" |
Parameter Entities
The following parameter entities contain action:
| Parameter Entities | ||
| %cptr.char.mix; | %ndxterm.char.mix; | %para.char.mix; |
| %refinline.char.mix; | %refname.char.mix; | %tbl.entry.mdl; |
| %tech.char.class; | %title.char.mix; | |
Description
Actions are usually associated with GUIs. An event might be movement or clicking of the mouse, a change in focus, or any number of other occurrences.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.
![[4.0]](figures/rev_4.0.png)
Future Changes
The content model of Action will be constrained to (#PCDATA | Replaceable | InlineGraphic) in DocBook V4.0.
Parents
These elements contain action: application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, command, computeroutput, emphasis, entry, foreignphrase, funcparams, funcsynopsisinfo, function, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, lotentry, member, msgaud, olink, optional, para, phrase, primary, primaryie, productname, programlisting, quote, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, screeninfo, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, term, tertiary, tertiaryie, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, trademark, ulink, userinput.
Children
The following elements occur in action: beginpage, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.
Examples
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
Selecting <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> closes the file and automatically
runs <action>end of job cleanup</action>.
</para>
Selecting Close closes the file and automatically runs end of job cleanup.