guimenuitem
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guimenuitem

Name

guimenuitem — The name of a terminal menu item in a GUI

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

guimenuitem ::=
(#PCDATA|replaceable|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm|
 beginpage|accel)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default
moreinfo

Enumeration:

none
refentry
 "none"

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain guimenuitem:

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

GUIMenuItem identifies a terminal selection from a menu in a graphical user interface. In particular, this is distinct from a menu (GUIMenu) and a submenu (GUISubmenu). The distinction between a GUIMenuItem and a GUISubmenu is simply whether or not the selection is terminal or leads to an additional submenu.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.

Parents

These elements contain guimenuitem: application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, command, computeroutput, emphasis, entry, foreignphrase, funcparams, funcsynopsisinfo, function, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, lotentry, member, menuchoice, 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 guimenuitem: accel, beginpage, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.

Attributes

moreinfo

If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry, it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the GUIMenuItem.

See Also

accel, guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guisubmenu, keycap, keycode, keycombo, keysym, menuchoice, mousebutton, shortcut.

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>
You can exit from GNU Emacs with the keyboard shortcut
<keycombo><keysym>C-c</keysym><keysym>C-x</keysym></keycombo>
or by selecting <guimenuitem>Exit Emacs</guimenuitem> from
the <guimenu>Files</guimenu> menu.
</para>

You can exit from GNU Emacs with the keyboard shortcut C-c-C-x or by selecting Exit Emacs from the Files menu.

For additional examples, see also accel, action, guimenu, guisubmenu, menuchoice, shortcut .

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