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MenuChoice

Name

Synopsis

  Shortcut?,
  (GUIButton | GUIIcon | GUILabel | GUIMenu | GUIMenuItem
  | GUISubmenu
  | Interface)+

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name	Value(s)	Type	Default Value
MoreInfo	(RefEntry|None)		None

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

Menu selection or series of menu selections, that is, instructions for or description of activating a series of menus, submenus, and/or terminal menu items in a graphical user interface in order to get a certain software effect. It has common and MoreInfo attributes.

Parents

These elements contain MenuChoice: Action, Application, Attribution, BiblioMisc, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, Database, Emphasis, Filename, ForeignPhrase, FuncParams, FuncSynopsisInfo, Function, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, Hardware, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, LineAnnotation, Link, Literal, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, Member, MsgAud, OLink, Option, Optional, Para, Parameter, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Property, Quote, RefDescriptor, RefEntryTitle, RefName, RefPurpose, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SimPara, Subtitle, Synopsis, SystemItem, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, Trademark, ULink, UserInput, and entry.

Children

MenuChoice contains these elements: GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, Interface, and Shortcut.

In some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.

Attributes

MoreInfo

Indicates whether the element's content has an associated RefEntry.

Examples

<SCREEN>
<KEYCOMBO><KEYCAP>Alt</KEYCAP><KEYCAP>Enter</KEYCAP></KEYCOMBO>
<INTERFACE>Backup Type:</INTERFACE> <!--random text in Backup window-->
<INTERFACE>Backup T<ACCEL>y</ACCEL>pe:</INTERFACE>
<MOUSEBUTTON>M1</MOUSEBUTTON> <!--conventional names for unlabeled buttons-->
<MOUSEBUTTON>MB1</MOUSEBUTTON>
<MOUSEBUTTON>Left</MOUSEBUTTON>
<GUIICON><INLINEGRAPHIC ENTITYREF="mimeface"></INLINEGRAPHIC>
</GUIICON> <!--in mail program-->
<GUILABEL>File Manager</GUILABEL> <!--window title bar text-->
<GUIMENU>Tools</GUIMENU>
<GUIMENU>Too<ACCEL>l</ACCEL>s</GUIMENU>
<GUIMENUITEM>Save As...</GUIMENUITEM>
<GUIMENUITEM>Save <ACCEL>A</ACCEL>s...</GUIMENUITEM>
<GUISUBMENU>Davenport</GUISUBMENU> <!--folders and mailboxes in mail program-->
<MENUCHOICE>
<GUIMENU>Mailbox</GUIMENU>
<GUISUBMENU>Davenport</GUISUBMENU>
<GUIMENUITEM>New...</GUIMENUITEM>
</MENUCHOICE>
<!--menu item is shown like this:   "Expand _A_ll      Ctrl+*"      -->
<MENUCHOICE>
<SHORTCUT><KEYCAP>Ctrl</KEYCAP><KEYCAP>*</KEYCAP></SHORTCUT>
<GUIMENU>Tree</GUIMENU>  <!--or <ACCEL>T</ACCEL>ree-->
<GUIMENUitem>Expand All</GUIMENUitem> <!--or Expand <ACCEL>A</ACCEL>ll-->
</MENUCHOICE>
<GUIBUTTON>OK</GUIBUTTON>
<GUIBUTTON><ACCEL>O</ACCEL>K</GUIBUTTON>
</SCREEN>

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