choice

Each <choice> element describes one way that the user could accomplish the current step.

Contains

( text data or ph or codeph or synph or filepath or msgph or userinput or systemoutput or b or u or i or tt or sup or sub or uicontrol or menucascade or term or xref or cite or q or boolean or state or keyword or option or parmname or apiname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or tm or p or lq or note or dl or parml or ul or ol or sl or pre or codeblock or msgblock or screen or lines or fig or syntaxdiagram or imagemap or image or object or table or simpletable or itemgroup or draft-comment or required-cleanup or fn or indextermref or indexterm) (any number)

Contained by

choices

Inheritance

topic/li, task/choice

Attributes

Name Description Data Type Default Value Required?
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
class A common attribute described in Other common DITA attributes

Example

<step><cmd>Choose a server.</cmd>
 <choices>
  <choice>If you have a remote server you want to test on, type the
IP address or hostname of the server here.</choice>
  
            
            
            <choice>If you want to do local testing, just type localhost.</choice>
 </choices>
</step>

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