The <chhead> element is a container inside the <choicetable> element that provides specific heading text to override the default Options and Description headings. The <chhead> element contains both a <choptionhd> and <chdeschd> element as a pair.
<step><cmd>Then this</cmd>
<substeps>
<substep importance="optional"><cmd>which is done by doing this</cmd></substep>
<substep importance="required"><cmd>and then this.</cmd></substep>
</substeps>
<choicetable>
<chhead>
<choptionhd>Do something</choptionhd>
<chdeschd>Or Else this</chdeschd>
</chhead>
<chrow><choption>Do this</choption>
<chdesc>and this will happen</chdesc></chrow>
<chrow><choption>Do that</choption>
<chdesc>and that will happen</chdesc></chrow>
</choicetable>
</step>
| Doctype | Content model |
|---|---|
| ditabase, task | ( ( choptionhd) then ( chdeschd) ) |
| Doctype | Parents |
|---|---|
| ditabase, task | choicetable |
- topic/sthead task/chhead
| Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| %univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;) | A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts; | parameter entity | PE not applicable | Not applicable |
| %global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts; | parameter entity | PE not applicable | Not applicable |
| class, outputclass | Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes. |
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OASIS DITA Language Specification v1.1 -- Committee Draft 13 February 2007
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