HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

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 to radio.

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>