DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

prompt — A character or string indicating the start of an input field in a computer display

Synopsis

prompt ::= (text | co | phrase ^db._phrase | replaceable | Graphic inlines | Indexing inlines | Linking inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*

Attribute synopsis

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

A prompt is a character or character string marking the beginning of an input field. The prompt element is generally used for command-line interfaces and not graphical user interfaces (GUIs). In GUIs, guilabel is usually more appropriate.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

See Also

computeroutput, constant, envar, filename, literal, markup, option, optional, parameter, replaceable, systemitem, tag, userinput, varname

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example prompt</title>

<para>Enter your username when the system presents the 
<prompt>login:</prompt> prompt.
</para>

</article>

Enter your username when the system presents the login: prompt.