The <shortcut> element identifies
a keyboard shortcut for a menu or window action. This element is part
of the DITA user interface domain, a special set of DITA elements
designed to document user interface tasks, concepts and reference
information.
Contains
Note: These models represent only the default document types distributed by OASIS.
Actual content models will differ with each new document type.
| Doctype |
Content model |
|---|
| topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap, machineryTask |
( text data or text) (any number) |
Contained by
| Doctype |
Content model |
|---|
| topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general), bookmap, machineryTask |
uicontrol |
Inheritance
+
topic/keyword ui-d/shortcut
Example
This example:
<menucascade>
<uicontrol>Start</uicontrol>
<uicontrol><shortcut>P</shortcut>rograms</uicontrol>
</menucascade>
may produce the following result:
Attributes
| Name |
Description |
Data Type |
Default Value |
Required? |
| univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts,
and localization-atts groups) |
A set of related attributes, described in
univ-atts attribute group |
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| global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) |
A set of related attributes, described in
global-atts attribute group |
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| class, outputclass, keyref |
Keyref provides a redirectable
reference based on a key defined within a map. See
The keyref attribute for information on
using this attribute. Class and
outputclass are described in
Other common DITA attributes |
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