Annotation of html5/spec-author-view/commands.html, revision 1.138

1.46      mike        1: <!DOCTYPE html><!-- when publishing, change bits marked ZZZ --><html class="split chapter" lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"><title>4.11.5 Commands &mdash; HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors)</title><link href="whatwg.css" rel="stylesheet"><style type="text/css">
1.1       mike        2:    pre { margin-left: 2em; white-space: pre-wrap; }
                      3:    h2 { margin: 3em 0 1em 0; }
                      4:    h3 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em 0; }
                      5:    h4 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.75em 0; }
                      6:    h5, h6 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em; }
                      7:    h1 + h2, h1 + h2 + h2 { margin: 0.75em 0 0.75em; }
                      8:    h2 + h3, h3 + h4, h4 + h5, h5 + h6 { margin-top: 0.5em; }
                      9:    p { margin: 1em 0; }
                     10:    hr:not(.top) { display: block; background: none; border: none; padding: 0; margin: 2em 0; height: auto; }
                     11:    dl, dd { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     12:    dt { margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; clear: left; }
                     13:    dt + dt { margin-top: 0; }
                     14:    dd dt { margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     15:    dd p { margin-top: 0; }
                     16:    dd dl + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                     17:    dd table + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                     18:    p + * > li, dd li { margin: 1em 0; }
                     19:    dt, dfn { font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; }
                     20:    dt dfn { font-style: italic; }
                     21:    pre, code { font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-variant: normal; }
                     22:    pre strong { color: black; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; background: yellow; }
                     23:    pre em { font-weight: bolder; font-style: normal; }
                     24:    @media screen { code { color: orangered; } code :link, code :visited { color: inherit; } }
                     25:    var sub { vertical-align: bottom; font-size: smaller; position: relative; top: 0.1em; }
                     26:    table { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden hidden none hidden; }
1.25      mike       27:    table thead, table tbody { border-bottom: solid; }
1.1       mike       28:    table tbody th:first-child { border-left: solid; }
                     29:    table tbody th { text-align: left; }
                     30:    table td, table th { border-left: solid; border-right: solid; border-bottom: solid thin; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.2em; }
                     31:    blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 2em; border: 0; padding: 0; font-style: italic; }
                     32: 
                     33:    .bad, .bad *:not(.XXX) { color: gray; border-color: gray; background: transparent; }
                     34:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: none; text-align: right; }
                     35:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                     36:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                     37:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                     38:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                     39: 
                     40:    .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
                     41:    img.extra { float: right; }
                     42:    pre.idl { border: solid thin; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                     43:    pre.idl :link, pre.idl :visited { color: inherit; background: transparent; }
                     44:    pre.css { border: solid thin; background: #FFFFEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                     45:    pre.css:first-line { color: #AAAA50; }
1.18      mike       46:    dl.domintro { color: green; margin: 2em 0 2em 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: none; background: #DDFFDD; }
1.1       mike       47:    hr + dl.domintro, div.impl + dl.domintro { margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
                     48:    dl.domintro dt, dl.domintro dt * { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
                     49:    dl.domintro dd { margin: 0.5em 0 1em 2em; padding: 0; }
                     50:    dl.domintro dd p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                     51:    dl.switch { padding-left: 2em; }
                     52:    dl.switch > dt { text-indent: -1.5em; }
                     53:    dl.switch > dt:before { content: '\21AA'; padding: 0 0.5em 0 0; display: inline-block; width: 1em; text-align: right; line-height: 0.5em; }
                     54:    dl.triple { padding: 0 0 0 1em; }
                     55:    dl.triple dt, dl.triple dd { margin: 0; display: inline }
                     56:    dl.triple dt:after { content: ':'; }
                     57:    dl.triple dd:after { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; }
                     58:    .diff-old { text-decoration: line-through; color: silver; background: transparent; }
                     59:    .diff-chg, .diff-new { text-decoration: underline; color: green; background: transparent; }
                     60:    a .diff-new { border-bottom: 1px blue solid; }
                     61: 
                     62:    h2 { page-break-before: always; }
                     63:    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { page-break-after: avoid; }
                     64:    h1 + h2, hr + h2.no-toc { page-break-before: auto; }
                     65: 
                     66:    p > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]), li > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]) { border-bottom: solid #9999CC; }
                     67: 
                     68:    div.head { margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1em 0 0 0; }
                     69:    div.head p { margin: 0; }
                     70:    div.head h1 { margin: 0; }
                     71:    div.head .logo { float: right; margin: 0 1em; }
                     72:    div.head .logo img { border: none } /* remove border from top image */
                     73:    div.head dl { margin: 1em 0; }
                     74:    div.head p.copyright, div.head p.alt { font-size: x-small; font-style: oblique; margin: 0; }
                     75: 
                     76:    body > .toc > li { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
                     77:    body > .toc.brief > li { margin-top: 0.35em; margin-bottom: 0.35em; }
                     78:    body > .toc > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
                     79:    body > .toc > li > * > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
                     80:    .toc, .toc li { list-style: none; }
                     81: 
                     82:    .brief { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.1; }
                     83:    .brief li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     84:    .brief li p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     85: 
                     86:    .category-list { margin-top: -0.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5; }
                     87:    .category-list::before { content: '\21D2\A0'; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 900; }
                     88:    .category-list li { display: inline; }
                     89:    .category-list li:not(:last-child)::after { content: ', '; }
                     90:    .category-list li > span, .category-list li > a { text-transform: lowercase; }
                     91:    .category-list li * { text-transform: none; } /* don't affect <code> nested in <a> */
                     92: 
                     93:    .XXX { color: #E50000; background: white; border: solid red; padding: 0.5em; margin: 1em 0; }
                     94:    .XXX > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                     95:    p .XXX { line-height: 3em; }
                     96:    .annotation { border: solid thin black; background: #0C479D; color: white; position: relative; margin: 8px 0 20px 0; }
                     97:    .annotation:before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 6px -6px -6px 6px; background: #333333; z-index: -1; content: ''; }
                     98:    .annotation :link, .annotation :visited { color: inherit; }
                     99:    .annotation :link:hover, .annotation :visited:hover { background: transparent; }
                    100:    .annotation span { border: none ! important; }
                    101:    .note { color: green; background: transparent; font-family: sans-serif; }
                    102:    .warning { color: red; background: transparent; }
                    103:    .note, .warning { font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    104:    p.note, div.note { padding: 0.5em 2em; }
                    105:    span.note { padding: 0 2em; }
                    106:    .note p:first-child, .warning p:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                    107:    .note p:last-child, .warning p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
                    108:    .warning:before { font-style: normal; }
                    109:    p.note:before { content: 'Note: '; }
                    110:    p.warning:before { content: '\26A0 Warning! '; }
                    111: 
                    112:    .bookkeeping:before { display: block; content: 'Bookkeeping details'; font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    113:    .bookkeeping { font-size: 0.8em; margin: 2em 0; }
                    114:    .bookkeeping p { margin: 0.5em 2em; display: list-item; list-style: square; }
1.123     mike      115:    .bookkeeping dt { margin: 0.5em 2em 0; }
                    116:    .bookkeeping dd { margin: 0 3em 0.5em; }
1.1       mike      117: 
                    118:    h4 { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
                    119:    h4 + .element, h4 + div + .element { margin-top: -2.5em; padding-top: 2em; }
                    120:    .element {
                    121:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    122:      color: black;
                    123:      margin: 0 0 1em 0.15em;
                    124:      padding: 0 1em 0.25em 0.75em;
                    125:      border-left: solid #9999FF 0.25em;
                    126:      position: relative;
                    127:      z-index: 1;
                    128:    }
                    129:    .element:before {
                    130:      position: absolute;
                    131:      z-index: 2;
                    132:      top: 0;
                    133:      left: -1.15em;
                    134:      height: 2em;
                    135:      width: 0.9em;
                    136:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    137:      content: ' ';
                    138:      border-style: none none solid solid;
                    139:      border-color: #9999FF;
                    140:      border-width: 0.25em;
                    141:    }
                    142: 
                    143:    .example { display: block; color: #222222; background: #FCFCFC; border-left: double; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 1em; }
                    144:    td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
                    145: 
                    146:    ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
                    147:    ul.domTree li { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; position: relative; }
                    148:    ul.domTree li li { list-style: none; }
                    149:    ul.domTree li:first-child::before { position: absolute; top: 0; height: 0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
                    150:    ul.domTree li:not(:last-child)::after { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: -0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
                    151:    ul.domTree span { font-style: italic; font-family: serif; }
                    152:    ul.domTree .t1 code { color: purple; font-weight: bold; }
                    153:    ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
                    154:    ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
                    155:    ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
                    156:    ul.domTree .t3 code, .domTree .t4 code, .domTree .t5 code { color: gray; }
                    157:    ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
                    158:    ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
                    159: 
1.14      mike      160:    body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
                    161:    .dfnPanel {
                    162:      display: inline;
                    163:      position: absolute;
                    164:      z-index: 10;
                    165:      height: auto;
                    166:      width: auto;
                    167:      padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
                    168:      font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
                    169:      background: #DDDDDD;
                    170:      color: black;
                    171:      border: outset 0.2em;
                    172:    }
                    173:    .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
                    174:    .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
                    175:    .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
                    176:    .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
                    177:    .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
                    178: 
1.1       mike      179:    #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
                    180:    #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
                    181:    #configUI p label { display: block; }
                    182:    #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
                    183:    #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
1.112     mike      184: 
1.1       mike      185:   </style><style type="text/css">
                    186: 
                    187:    .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
                    188:    .applies thead code { display: block; }
                    189:    .applies tbody th { whitespace: nowrap; }
                    190:    .applies td { text-align: center; }
                    191:    .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
                    192: 
1.127     mike      193:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
1.1       mike      194:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                    195: 
                    196:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                    197:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                    198:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                    199: 
                    200:    #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
                    201:    #table-example-1 * { font-family: "Essays1743", serif; line-height: 1.01em; }
                    202:    #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
                    203:    #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
                    204:    #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
                    205:    #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
                    206:    #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
                    207:    #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
                    208:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
                    209:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
                    210:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
                    211:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
                    212:    #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
                    213:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
                    214:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
                    215:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
                    216: 
                    217:    .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
                    218:    .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
                    219:    .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
                    220:    .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
                    221:    .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
                    222:    .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
                    223:    .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
                    224:    .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
                    225:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
1.9       mike      226:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
                    227:    .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
                    228:    .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
                    229: 
1.12      mike      230:    .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
                    231: 
1.21      mike      232:    #named-character-references-table {
                    233:      font-size: 0.6em;
                    234:      column-width: 28em;
                    235:      column-gap: 1em;
                    236:      -moz-column-width: 28em;
                    237:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                    238:      -webkit-column-width: 28em;
                    239:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                    240:    }
                    241:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
                    242:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child:hover > span { position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 5em; border: outset; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: white; width: 1.25em; height: auto; text-align: center; }
                    243: 
1.26      mike      244:    .glyph.control { color: red; }
                    245: 
1.29      mike      246:    @font-face {
                    247:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    248:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
                    249:    }
                    250:    @font-face {
                    251:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    252:      font-weight: bold;
                    253:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
                    254:    }
                    255:    @font-face {
                    256:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    257:      font-style: italic;
                    258:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
                    259:    }
                    260:    @font-face {
                    261:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    262:      font-style: italic;
                    263:      font-weight: bold;
                    264:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
                    265:    }
                    266: 
1.20      mike      267:   </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D%0Ahtml%20%7B%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><script type="text/javascript">
1.9       mike      268:    function getCookie(name) {
                    269:      var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
                    270:      for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
                    271:        if (params[index] == name)
                    272:          return "1";
                    273:        var data = params[index].split("=");
                    274:        if (data[0] == name)
                    275:          return unescape(data[1]);
                    276:      }
                    277:      var cookies = document.cookie.split("; ");
                    278:      for (var index = 0; index < cookies.length; index++) {
                    279:        var data = cookies[index].split("=");
                    280:        if (data[0] == name)
                    281:          return unescape(data[1]);
                    282:      }
                    283:      return null;
                    284:    }
                    285:    function load(script) {
                    286:      var e = document.createElement('script');
                    287:      e.setAttribute('src', 'http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/' + script + '?' + encodeURIComponent(location) + '&' + encodeURIComponent(document.referrer));
                    288:      document.body.appendChild(e);
                    289:    }
                    290:    function init() {
                    291:      if (location.search == '?slow-browser')
                    292:        return;
                    293:      var configUI = document.createElement('div');
                    294:      configUI.id = 'configUI';
                    295:      document.body.appendChild(configUI);
                    296:      // load('reviewer.js'); // would need cross-site XHR
                    297:      if (document.getElementById('head'))
                    298:        load('toc.js');
                    299:      
                    300:      // load('updater.js'); // would need cross-site XHR
1.12      mike      301:      load('dfn.js'); // doesn't support split-out specs, but, oh well.
1.9       mike      302:      // load('status.js'); // would need cross-site XHR
                    303:      if (getCookie('profile') == '1')
                    304:        document.getElementsByTagName('h2')[0].textContent += '; load: ' + (new Date() - loadTimer) + 'ms';
                    305:      fixBrokenLink();
                    306:    }
1.45      mike      307:   </script><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet"><script src="link-fixup.js"></script><link href="interactive-elements.html" rel="prev" title="4.11 Interactive elements">
1.39      mike      308:   <link href="Overview.html#contents" rel="index" title="Table of contents">
                    309:   <link href="links.html" rel="next" title="4.12 Links">
                    310:   <body onload="fixBrokenLink(); init()"><div class="head" id="head">
1.9       mike      311:    <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
1.27      mike      312: 
1.138   ! mike      313:    <h1>HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors)<span class="rcsrevision"> revision 1.4220</span></h1>
1.9       mike      314:    </div><div>
1.39      mike      315:    <a href="interactive-elements.html">&larr; 4.11 Interactive elements</a> &ndash;
                    316:    <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> &ndash;
                    317:    <a href="links.html">4.12 Links &rarr;</a>
1.15      mike      318:   </div>
1.9       mike      319: 
1.39      mike      320:   <h4 id="commands"><span class="secno">4.11.5 </span>Commands</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><p>A <dfn id="concept-command" title="concept-command">command</dfn> is the abstraction
1.9       mike      321:   behind menu items, buttons, and links.<!--v2COMMAND: Once a command
                    322:   is defined, other parts of the interface can refer to the same
                    323:   command, allowing many access points to a single feature to share
1.39      mike      324:   aspects such as the disabled state.--><p id="facets">Commands are defined to have the following
                    325:   <dfn id="concept-facet" title="concept-facet">facets</dfn>:<dl><dt><dfn id="command-facet-type" title="command-facet-Type">Type</dfn></dt>
1.9       mike      326: 
                    327:    <dd>The kind of command: "command", meaning it is a normal command;
                    328:    "radio", meaning that triggering the command will, amongst other
                    329:    things, set the <a href="#command-facet-checkedstate" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked
                    330:    State</a> to true (and probably uncheck some other commands); or
                    331:    "checkbox", meaning that triggering the command will, amongst other
                    332:    things, toggle the value of the <a href="#command-facet-checkedstate" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked State</a>.</dd>
                    333: 
                    334:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-id" title="command-facet-ID">ID</dfn></dt>
                    335: 
                    336:    <dd>The name of the command, for referring to the command from the
                    337:    markup or from script. If a command has no ID, it is an
                    338:    <dfn id="anonymous-command">anonymous command</dfn>.</dd>
                    339: 
                    340:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-label" title="command-facet-Label">Label</dfn></dt>
                    341: 
                    342:    <dd>The name of the command as seen by the user.</dd>
                    343: 
                    344:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-hint" title="command-facet-Hint">Hint</dfn></dt>
                    345: 
                    346:    <dd>A helpful or descriptive string that can be shown to the
                    347:    user.</dd>
                    348: 
                    349:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-icon" title="command-facet-Icon">Icon</dfn></dt>
                    350: 
                    351:    <dd>An <a href="urls.html#absolute-url">absolute URL</a> identifying a graphical image that
                    352:    represents the action. A command might not have an Icon.</dd> <!--
                    353:    changing base URLs might change the icon -->
                    354: 
                    355:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-accesskey" title="command-facet-AccessKey">Access Key</dfn></dt>
                    356: 
                    357:    <dd>A key combination selected by the user agent that triggers the
                    358:    command. A command might not have an Access Key.</dd>
                    359: 
                    360:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-hiddenstate" title="command-facet-HiddenState">Hidden State</dfn></dt>
                    361: 
                    362:    <dd>Whether the command is hidden or not (basically, whether it
                    363:    should be shown in menus).</dd>
                    364: 
                    365:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-disabledstate" title="command-facet-DisabledState">Disabled State</dfn></dt>
                    366: 
                    367:    <dd>Whether the command is relevant and can be triggered or not.</dd>
                    368: 
                    369:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-checkedstate" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked State</dfn></dt>
                    370: 
                    371:    <dd>Whether the command is checked or not.</dd>
                    372: 
                    373:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-action" title="command-facet-Action">Action</dfn></dt>
                    374: 
                    375:    <dd>The actual effect that triggering the command will have. This
                    376:    could be a scripted event handler, a <a href="urls.html#url">URL</a> to which to
1.39      mike      377:    <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/history.html#navigate" title='Read about this "navigate" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>navigate</a>, or a form submission.</dd>
1.9       mike      378: 
                    379: <!-- v2COMMAND
                    380:    <dt><dfn title="command-facet-Triggers">Triggers</dfn></dt>
                    381: 
                    382:    <dd>The list of elements that can trigger the command. The element
                    383:    defining a command is always in the list of elements that can
                    384:    trigger the command. For anonymous commands, only the element
                    385:    defining the command is on the list, since other elements have no
                    386:    way to refer to it.</dd>
                    387: -->
                    388: 
                    389:   </dl><p>These facets are exposed on elements using the <dfn id="command-api">command
1.39      mike      390:   API</dfn>:<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-command-ro-commandType"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/commands.html#dom-command-ro-commandtype" title='Read about this "commandType" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>commandType</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      391: 
                    392:    <dd>
                    393: 
                    394:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-type" title="command-facet-Type">Type</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    395: 
                    396:    </dd>
                    397: 
1.39      mike      398:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-id"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/elements.html#dom-id" title='Read about this "id" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>id</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      399: 
                    400:    <dd>
                    401: 
                    402:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-id" title="command-facet-ID">ID</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    403: 
                    404:    </dd>
                    405: 
1.39      mike      406:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-command-ro-label"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/commands.html#dom-command-ro-label" title='Read about this "label" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>label</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      407: 
                    408:    <dd>
                    409: 
                    410:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-label" title="command-facet-Label">Label</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    411: 
                    412:    </dd>
                    413: 
1.39      mike      414:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-title"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/elements.html#dom-title" title='Read about this "title" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>title</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      415: 
                    416:    <dd>
                    417: 
                    418:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-hint" title="command-facet-Hint">Hint</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    419: 
                    420:    </dd>
                    421: 
1.39      mike      422:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-command-ro-icon"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/commands.html#dom-command-ro-icon" title='Read about this "icon" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>icon</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      423: 
                    424:    <dd>
                    425: 
                    426:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-icon" title="command-facet-Icon">Icon</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    427: 
                    428:    </dd>
                    429: 
1.39      mike      430:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-accessKeyLabel"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#dom-accesskeylabel" title='Read about this "accessKeyLabel" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>accessKeyLabel</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      431: 
                    432:    <dd>
                    433: 
                    434:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-accesskey" title="command-facet-AccessKey">Access Key</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    435: 
                    436:    </dd>
                    437: 
1.39      mike      438:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-hidden"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#dom-hidden" title='Read about this "hidden" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>hidden</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      439: 
                    440:    <dd>
                    441: 
                    442:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-hiddenstate" title="command-facet-HiddenState">Hidden State</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    443: 
                    444:    </dd>
                    445: 
1.39      mike      446:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-command-ro-disabled"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/commands.html#dom-command-ro-disabled" title='Read about this "disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>disabled</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      447: 
                    448:    <dd>
                    449: 
                    450:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-disabledstate" title="command-facet-DisabledState">Disabled State</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    451: 
                    452:    </dd>
                    453: 
1.39      mike      454:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-command-ro-checked"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/commands.html#dom-command-ro-checked" title='Read about this "checked" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>checked</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      455: 
                    456:    <dd>
                    457: 
                    458:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-checkedstate" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked State</a> facet of the command.</p>
                    459: 
                    460:    </dd>
                    461: 
1.39      mike      462:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-click"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#dom-click" title='Read about this "click" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>click</a></code>()</dt>
1.11      mike      463: 
                    464:    <dd>
                    465: 
                    466:     <p>Triggers the <a href="#command-facet-action" title="command-facet-Action">Action</a> of the command.</p>
                    467: 
                    468:    </dd>
                    469: 
                    470: <!--v2COMMAND
                    471:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-command-ro-triggers">triggers</code></dt>
                    472: 
                    473:    <dd>
                    474: 
                    475:     <p>Exposes the <span title="command-facet-Triggers">Triggers</span> facet of the command.</p>
                    476: 
                    477:    </dd>
                    478: -->
                    479: 
1.39      mike      480:   </dl><hr><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">document</var> . <code title="dom-document-commands"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/commands.html#dom-document-commands" title='Read about this "commands" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>commands</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      481:    <dd>
                    482:     <p>Returns an <code><a href="urls.html#htmlcollection">HTMLCollection</a></code> of the elements in the
1.39      mike      483:     <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#document" title='Read about this "Document" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Document</a></code> that define commands and have IDs.</p>
1.11      mike      484:    </dd>
                    485: 
                    486:   </dl><hr><p>User agents may expose the <a href="#concept-command" title="concept-command">commands</a> whose <a href="#command-facet-hiddenstate" title="command-facet-HiddenState">Hidden State</a> facet is false
                    487:   (visible), e.g. in the user agent's menu bar. User agents are
                    488:   encouraged to do this especially for commands that have <a href="#command-facet-accesskey" title="command-facet-AccessKey">Access Keys</a>, as a way to
1.39      mike      489:   advertise those keys to the user.

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