Name
command — HTML5
Synopsis
HTML: <command>; XHTML: <command/> or <command />
Used within a menu
element, a
command
is an interactive element
that represents an immediate action that can be triggered by the user
(usually via onclick
).
Notes
HTML5 only.
Start/End Tags
This is an empty element. It must be closed with a trailing slash in the XML serialization of HTML5.
Attributes
HTML5 Global Attributes
checked
(checked="checked"
in XHTML5)Indicates that a command is selected.
disabled
(disabled="disabled"
in XHTML5)Indicates that a command is not available in the current state.
icon="
URL
"
Specifies the location of an image to be used as a button for the command.
label="
text
"
Provides the name of the command, as displayed to the user.
radiogroup="
text
"
Specifies the name of a group of commands when the command
type
is set toradio
.title="
text
"
Provides a hint describing the command to aid the user.
type="command|checkbox|radio"
Indicates the kind of command. The
command
keyword indicates a normal command with an associated action.checkbox
indicates the command state can be toggled on or off.radio
indicates the command represents the selection of one item from a list of items.
Example
<menu> <command onclick="cut()" label="Cut"> <command onclick="copy()" label="Copy"> <command onclick="paste()" label="Paste"> <command onclick="delete()" label="Clear"> </menu>
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