Annotation of html5/spec-author-view/commands.html, revision 1.377

1.344     mike        1: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"><!-- when publishing, change bits marked ZZZ
                      2:      ZZZ: Set PUB to 1 for TR/ drafts, 0 for dev drafts; PUB-Y lines are used if it's 1 and PUB-N lines if it's 0.
                      3:      ZZZ: Set YEAR, SHORTDAY (month/day), and LONGDAY accordingly. They are used by the INSERT FOO bits below.
                      4:   --><html class="split chapter" lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><meta content="text/html; charset=ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"><title>4.11.5 Commands &mdash; HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors)</title><meta content="width=device-width;" name="viewport"><meta content="IE=edge,chrome=1" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"><link href="whatwg.css" rel="stylesheet"><style type="text/css">
1.1       mike        5:    pre { margin-left: 2em; white-space: pre-wrap; }
                      6:    h2 { margin: 3em 0 1em 0; }
                      7:    h3 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em 0; }
                      8:    h4 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.75em 0; }
                      9:    h5, h6 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em; }
                     10:    h1 + h2, h1 + h2 + h2 { margin: 0.75em 0 0.75em; }
                     11:    h2 + h3, h3 + h4, h4 + h5, h5 + h6 { margin-top: 0.5em; }
                     12:    p { margin: 1em 0; }
                     13:    hr:not(.top) { display: block; background: none; border: none; padding: 0; margin: 2em 0; height: auto; }
                     14:    dl, dd { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     15:    dt { margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; clear: left; }
                     16:    dt + dt { margin-top: 0; }
                     17:    dd dt { margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     18:    dd p { margin-top: 0; }
                     19:    dd dl + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                     20:    dd table + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                     21:    p + * > li, dd li { margin: 1em 0; }
                     22:    dt, dfn { font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; }
                     23:    dt dfn { font-style: italic; }
                     24:    pre, code { font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-variant: normal; }
                     25:    pre strong { color: black; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; background: yellow; }
                     26:    pre em { font-weight: bolder; font-style: normal; }
                     27:    @media screen { code { color: orangered; } code :link, code :visited { color: inherit; } }
                     28:    var sub { vertical-align: bottom; font-size: smaller; position: relative; top: 0.1em; }
                     29:    table { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden hidden none hidden; }
1.25      mike       30:    table thead, table tbody { border-bottom: solid; }
1.1       mike       31:    table tbody th:first-child { border-left: solid; }
                     32:    table tbody th { text-align: left; }
                     33:    table td, table th { border-left: solid; border-right: solid; border-bottom: solid thin; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.2em; }
                     34:    blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 2em; border: 0; padding: 0; font-style: italic; }
                     35: 
                     36:    .bad, .bad *:not(.XXX) { color: gray; border-color: gray; background: transparent; }
                     37:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: none; text-align: right; }
                     38:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                     39:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                     40:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                     41:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                     42: 
                     43:    .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
                     44:    img.extra { float: right; }
                     45:    pre.idl { border: solid thin; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                     46:    pre.idl :link, pre.idl :visited { color: inherit; background: transparent; }
                     47:    pre.css { border: solid thin; background: #FFFFEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                     48:    pre.css:first-line { color: #AAAA50; }
1.18      mike       49:    dl.domintro { color: green; margin: 2em 0 2em 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: none; background: #DDFFDD; }
1.1       mike       50:    hr + dl.domintro, div.impl + dl.domintro { margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
                     51:    dl.domintro dt, dl.domintro dt * { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
                     52:    dl.domintro dd { margin: 0.5em 0 1em 2em; padding: 0; }
                     53:    dl.domintro dd p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                     54:    dl.switch { padding-left: 2em; }
                     55:    dl.switch > dt { text-indent: -1.5em; }
                     56:    dl.switch > dt:before { content: '\21AA'; padding: 0 0.5em 0 0; display: inline-block; width: 1em; text-align: right; line-height: 0.5em; }
                     57:    dl.triple { padding: 0 0 0 1em; }
                     58:    dl.triple dt, dl.triple dd { margin: 0; display: inline }
                     59:    dl.triple dt:after { content: ':'; }
                     60:    dl.triple dd:after { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; }
                     61:    .diff-old { text-decoration: line-through; color: silver; background: transparent; }
                     62:    .diff-chg, .diff-new { text-decoration: underline; color: green; background: transparent; }
                     63:    a .diff-new { border-bottom: 1px blue solid; }
                     64: 
                     65:    h2 { page-break-before: always; }
                     66:    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { page-break-after: avoid; }
                     67:    h1 + h2, hr + h2.no-toc { page-break-before: auto; }
                     68: 
1.296     mike       69:    p  > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]),
                     70:    li > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]), { border-bottom: solid #9999CC; }
1.1       mike       71: 
                     72:    div.head { margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1em 0 0 0; }
                     73:    div.head p { margin: 0; }
                     74:    div.head h1 { margin: 0; }
                     75:    div.head .logo { float: right; margin: 0 1em; }
                     76:    div.head .logo img { border: none } /* remove border from top image */
                     77:    div.head dl { margin: 1em 0; }
                     78:    div.head p.copyright, div.head p.alt { font-size: x-small; font-style: oblique; margin: 0; }
                     79: 
                     80:    body > .toc > li { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
                     81:    body > .toc.brief > li { margin-top: 0.35em; margin-bottom: 0.35em; }
                     82:    body > .toc > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
                     83:    body > .toc > li > * > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
                     84:    .toc, .toc li { list-style: none; }
                     85: 
                     86:    .brief { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.1; }
                     87:    .brief li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     88:    .brief li p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     89: 
                     90:    .category-list { margin-top: -0.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5; }
                     91:    .category-list::before { content: '\21D2\A0'; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 900; }
                     92:    .category-list li { display: inline; }
                     93:    .category-list li:not(:last-child)::after { content: ', '; }
                     94:    .category-list li > span, .category-list li > a { text-transform: lowercase; }
                     95:    .category-list li * { text-transform: none; } /* don't affect <code> nested in <a> */
                     96: 
                     97:    .XXX { color: #E50000; background: white; border: solid red; padding: 0.5em; margin: 1em 0; }
                     98:    .XXX > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                     99:    p .XXX { line-height: 3em; }
                    100:    .annotation { border: solid thin black; background: #0C479D; color: white; position: relative; margin: 8px 0 20px 0; }
                    101:    .annotation:before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 6px -6px -6px 6px; background: #333333; z-index: -1; content: ''; }
                    102:    .annotation :link, .annotation :visited { color: inherit; }
                    103:    .annotation :link:hover, .annotation :visited:hover { background: transparent; }
                    104:    .annotation span { border: none ! important; }
                    105:    .note { color: green; background: transparent; font-family: sans-serif; }
                    106:    .warning { color: red; background: transparent; }
                    107:    .note, .warning { font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    108:    p.note, div.note { padding: 0.5em 2em; }
                    109:    span.note { padding: 0 2em; }
                    110:    .note p:first-child, .warning p:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                    111:    .note p:last-child, .warning p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
                    112:    .warning:before { font-style: normal; }
                    113:    p.note:before { content: 'Note: '; }
                    114:    p.warning:before { content: '\26A0 Warning! '; }
                    115: 
                    116:    .bookkeeping:before { display: block; content: 'Bookkeeping details'; font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    117:    .bookkeeping { font-size: 0.8em; margin: 2em 0; }
                    118:    .bookkeeping p { margin: 0.5em 2em; display: list-item; list-style: square; }
1.123     mike      119:    .bookkeeping dt { margin: 0.5em 2em 0; }
                    120:    .bookkeeping dd { margin: 0 3em 0.5em; }
1.1       mike      121: 
                    122:    h4 { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
                    123:    h4 + .element, h4 + div + .element { margin-top: -2.5em; padding-top: 2em; }
                    124:    .element {
                    125:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    126:      color: black;
                    127:      margin: 0 0 1em 0.15em;
                    128:      padding: 0 1em 0.25em 0.75em;
                    129:      border-left: solid #9999FF 0.25em;
                    130:      position: relative;
                    131:      z-index: 1;
                    132:    }
                    133:    .element:before {
                    134:      position: absolute;
                    135:      z-index: 2;
                    136:      top: 0;
                    137:      left: -1.15em;
                    138:      height: 2em;
                    139:      width: 0.9em;
                    140:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    141:      content: ' ';
                    142:      border-style: none none solid solid;
                    143:      border-color: #9999FF;
                    144:      border-width: 0.25em;
                    145:    }
                    146: 
                    147:    .example { display: block; color: #222222; background: #FCFCFC; border-left: double; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 1em; }
                    148:    td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
                    149: 
                    150:    ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
                    151:    ul.domTree li { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; position: relative; }
                    152:    ul.domTree li li { list-style: none; }
                    153:    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; }
                    154:    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; }
                    155:    ul.domTree span { font-style: italic; font-family: serif; }
                    156:    ul.domTree .t1 code { color: purple; font-weight: bold; }
                    157:    ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
                    158:    ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
                    159:    ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
                    160:    ul.domTree .t3 code, .domTree .t4 code, .domTree .t5 code { color: gray; }
                    161:    ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
                    162:    ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
                    163: 
1.14      mike      164:    body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
                    165:    .dfnPanel {
                    166:      display: inline;
                    167:      position: absolute;
                    168:      z-index: 10;
                    169:      height: auto;
                    170:      width: auto;
                    171:      padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
                    172:      font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
                    173:      background: #DDDDDD;
                    174:      color: black;
                    175:      border: outset 0.2em;
                    176:    }
                    177:    .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
                    178:    .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
                    179:    .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
                    180:    .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
                    181:    .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
                    182: 
1.1       mike      183:    #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
                    184:    #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
                    185:    #configUI p label { display: block; }
                    186:    #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
                    187:    #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
1.112     mike      188: 
1.311     mike      189:    fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                    190:    fieldset > legend + * { margin-top: 0; }
1.283     mike      191:    fieldset > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
1.311     mike      192:    fieldset p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                    193: 
1.360     mike      194:   </style><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><style type="text/css">
1.1       mike      195: 
                    196:    .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
                    197:    .applies thead code { display: block; }
                    198:    .applies tbody th { whitespace: nowrap; }
                    199:    .applies td { text-align: center; }
                    200:    .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
                    201: 
1.127     mike      202:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
1.1       mike      203:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                    204: 
                    205:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                    206:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                    207:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                    208: 
1.203     mike      209:    td.eg { border-width: thin; text-align: center; }
                    210: 
1.1       mike      211:    #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
                    212:    #table-example-1 * { font-family: "Essays1743", serif; line-height: 1.01em; }
                    213:    #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
                    214:    #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
                    215:    #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
                    216:    #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
                    217:    #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
                    218:    #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
                    219:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
                    220:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
                    221:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
                    222:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
                    223:    #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
                    224:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
                    225:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
                    226:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
                    227: 
                    228:    .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
                    229:    .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
                    230:    .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
                    231:    .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
                    232:    .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
                    233:    .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
                    234:    .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
                    235:    .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
                    236:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
1.9       mike      237:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
                    238:    .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
                    239:    .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
                    240: 
1.12      mike      241:    .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
                    242: 
1.376     mike      243:    #base64-table {
                    244:      white-space: nowrap;
                    245:      font-size: 0.6em;
                    246:      column-width: 6em;
                    247:      column-count: 5;
                    248:      column-gap: 1em;
                    249:      -moz-column-width: 6em;
                    250:      -moz-column-count: 5;
                    251:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                    252:      -webkit-column-width: 6em;
                    253:      -webkit-column-count: 5;
                    254:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                    255:    }
                    256:    #base64-table thead { display: none; }
                    257:    #base64-table * { border: none; }
                    258:    #base64-table tbody td:first-child:after { content: ':'; }
                    259:    #base64-table tbody td:last-child { text-align: right; }
                    260: 
1.21      mike      261:    #named-character-references-table {
1.247     mike      262:      white-space: nowrap;
1.21      mike      263:      font-size: 0.6em;
1.247     mike      264:      column-width: 30em;
1.21      mike      265:      column-gap: 1em;
1.247     mike      266:      -moz-column-width: 30em;
1.21      mike      267:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
1.247     mike      268:      -webkit-column-width: 30em;
1.21      mike      269:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                    270:    }
1.247     mike      271:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
1.21      mike      272:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
                    273:    #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; }
1.247     mike      274:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
1.21      mike      275: 
1.26      mike      276:    .glyph.control { color: red; }
                    277: 
1.29      mike      278:    @font-face {
                    279:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    280:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
                    281:    }
                    282:    @font-face {
                    283:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    284:      font-weight: bold;
                    285:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
                    286:    }
                    287:    @font-face {
                    288:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    289:      font-style: italic;
                    290:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
                    291:    }
                    292:    @font-face {
                    293:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    294:      font-style: italic;
                    295:      font-weight: bold;
                    296:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
                    297:    }
                    298: 
1.20      mike      299:   </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">
1.148     mike      300:  function getCookie(name) {
                    301:    var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
                    302:    for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
                    303:      if (params[index] == name)
                    304:        return "1";
                    305:      var data = params[index].split("=");
                    306:      if (data[0] == name)
                    307:        return unescape(data[1]);
1.9       mike      308:    }
1.148     mike      309:    var cookies = document.cookie.split("; ");
                    310:    for (var index = 0; index < cookies.length; index++) {
                    311:      var data = cookies[index].split("=");
                    312:      if (data[0] == name)
                    313:        return unescape(data[1]);
1.9       mike      314:    }
1.148     mike      315:    return null;
                    316:  }
                    317:  function load(script) {
                    318:    var e = document.createElement('script');
                    319:    e.setAttribute('src', script + '?' + encodeURIComponent(location) + '&' + encodeURIComponent(document.referrer));
                    320:    document.body.appendChild(e);
                    321:  }
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1.9       mike      347: 
1.292     mike      348:   <h4 id="commands"><span class="secno">4.11.5 </span>Commands</h4><p>A <dfn id="concept-command" title="concept-command">command</dfn> is the abstraction
1.9       mike      349:   behind menu items, buttons, and links.<!--v2COMMAND: Once a command
                    350:   is defined, other parts of the interface can refer to the same
                    351:   command, allowing many access points to a single feature to share
1.151     mike      352:   aspects such as the disabled state.--><p id="facets">Commands are defined to have the following
                    353:   <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      354: 
                    355:    <dd>The kind of command: "command", meaning it is a normal command;
                    356:    "radio", meaning that triggering the command will, amongst other
1.147     mike      357:    things, set the <a href="#command-facet-checkedstate" id="command-facet-checkedstate-2" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked
1.9       mike      358:    State</a> to true (and probably uncheck some other commands); or
                    359:    "checkbox", meaning that triggering the command will, amongst other
1.147     mike      360:    things, toggle the value of the <a href="#command-facet-checkedstate" id="command-facet-checkedstate-3" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked State</a>.</dd>
1.9       mike      361: 
                    362:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-id" title="command-facet-ID">ID</dfn></dt>
                    363: 
                    364:    <dd>The name of the command, for referring to the command from the
                    365:    markup or from script. If a command has no ID, it is an
                    366:    <dfn id="anonymous-command">anonymous command</dfn>.</dd>
                    367: 
                    368:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-label" title="command-facet-Label">Label</dfn></dt>
                    369: 
                    370:    <dd>The name of the command as seen by the user.</dd>
                    371: 
                    372:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-hint" title="command-facet-Hint">Hint</dfn></dt>
                    373: 
                    374:    <dd>A helpful or descriptive string that can be shown to the
                    375:    user.</dd>
                    376: 
                    377:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-icon" title="command-facet-Icon">Icon</dfn></dt>
                    378: 
1.147     mike      379:    <dd>An <a href="urls.html#absolute-url" id="absolute-url-6">absolute URL</a> identifying a graphical image that
1.9       mike      380:    represents the action. A command might not have an Icon.</dd> <!--
                    381:    changing base URLs might change the icon -->
                    382: 
                    383:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-accesskey" title="command-facet-AccessKey">Access Key</dfn></dt>
                    384: 
                    385:    <dd>A key combination selected by the user agent that triggers the
                    386:    command. A command might not have an Access Key.</dd>
                    387: 
                    388:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-hiddenstate" title="command-facet-HiddenState">Hidden State</dfn></dt>
                    389: 
                    390:    <dd>Whether the command is hidden or not (basically, whether it
                    391:    should be shown in menus).</dd>
                    392: 
                    393:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-disabledstate" title="command-facet-DisabledState">Disabled State</dfn></dt>
                    394: 
                    395:    <dd>Whether the command is relevant and can be triggered or not.</dd>
                    396: 
                    397:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-checkedstate" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked State</dfn></dt>
                    398: 
                    399:    <dd>Whether the command is checked or not.</dd>
                    400: 
                    401:    <dt><dfn id="command-facet-action" title="command-facet-Action">Action</dfn></dt>
                    402: 
                    403:    <dd>The actual effect that triggering the command will have. This
1.329     mike      404:    could be a scripted event handler, a <a href="urls.html#url" id="url-14">URL</a> to which to
1.153     mike      405:    <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      406: 
                    407: <!-- v2COMMAND
                    408:    <dt><dfn title="command-facet-Triggers">Triggers</dfn></dt>
                    409: 
                    410:    <dd>The list of elements that can trigger the command. The element
                    411:    defining a command is always in the list of elements that can
                    412:    trigger the command. For anonymous commands, only the element
                    413:    defining the command is on the list, since other elements have no
                    414:    way to refer to it.</dd>
                    415: -->
                    416: 
                    417:   </dl><p>These facets are exposed on elements using the <dfn id="command-api">command
1.153     mike      418:   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      419: 
                    420:    <dd>
                    421: 
1.147     mike      422:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-type" id="command-facet-type-3" title="command-facet-Type">Type</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.9       mike      423: 
                    424:    </dd>
                    425: 
1.153     mike      426:    <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      427: 
                    428:    <dd>
                    429: 
1.147     mike      430:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-id" id="command-facet-id-0" title="command-facet-ID">ID</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.9       mike      431: 
                    432:    </dd>
                    433: 
1.153     mike      434:    <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      435: 
                    436:    <dd>
                    437: 
1.147     mike      438:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-label" id="command-facet-label-0" title="command-facet-Label">Label</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.9       mike      439: 
                    440:    </dd>
                    441: 
1.153     mike      442:    <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      443: 
                    444:    <dd>
                    445: 
1.147     mike      446:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-hint" id="command-facet-hint-0" title="command-facet-Hint">Hint</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.11      mike      447: 
                    448:    </dd>
                    449: 
1.153     mike      450:    <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      451: 
                    452:    <dd>
                    453: 
1.147     mike      454:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-icon" id="command-facet-icon-0" title="command-facet-Icon">Icon</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.11      mike      455: 
                    456:    </dd>
                    457: 
1.153     mike      458:    <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      459: 
                    460:    <dd>
                    461: 
1.147     mike      462:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-accesskey" id="command-facet-accesskey-0" title="command-facet-AccessKey">Access Key</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.11      mike      463: 
                    464:    </dd>
                    465: 
1.153     mike      466:    <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      467: 
                    468:    <dd>
                    469: 
1.224     mike      470:     <p>Exposes the state of the element's <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="editing.html#the-hidden-attribute" id="hidden-3">hidden</a></code> attribute, which is generally
1.193     mike      471:     equivalent to the <a href="#command-facet-hiddenstate" id="command-facet-hiddenstate-0" title="command-facet-HiddenState">Hidden
1.294     mike      472:     State</a> facet of the command. For <code><a href="forms.html#the-label-element" id="label-21">label</a></code> and
1.252     mike      473:     <code><a href="forms.html#the-legend-element" id="legend-6">legend</a></code> elements (used in conjunction with the <code title="attr-accesskey"><a href="editing.html#the-accesskey-attribute" id="accesskey-0">accesskey</a></code> attribute), the <a href="#command-facet-hiddenstate" id="command-facet-hiddenstate-1" title="command-facet-HiddenState">Hidden State</a> facet is
1.193     mike      474:     derived from another element (the one that the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#assigned-access-key" title='Read about this "assigned access key" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>assigned
                    475:     access key</a> will trigger), and cannot be directly accessed
                    476:     from the element.</p>
1.11      mike      477: 
                    478:    </dd>
                    479: 
1.153     mike      480:    <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      481: 
                    482:    <dd>
                    483: 
1.147     mike      484:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-disabledstate" id="command-facet-disabledstate-0" title="command-facet-DisabledState">Disabled State</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.11      mike      485: 
                    486:    </dd>
                    487: 
1.153     mike      488:    <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      489: 
                    490:    <dd>
                    491: 
1.147     mike      492:     <p>Exposes the <a href="#command-facet-checkedstate" id="command-facet-checkedstate-4" title="command-facet-CheckedState">Checked State</a> facet of the command.</p>
1.11      mike      493: 
                    494:    </dd>
                    495: 
1.153     mike      496:    <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      497: 
                    498:    <dd>
                    499: 
1.147     mike      500:     <p>Triggers the <a href="#command-facet-action" id="command-facet-action-0" title="command-facet-Action">Action</a> of the command.</p>
1.11      mike      501: 
                    502:    </dd>
                    503: 
                    504: <!--v2COMMAND
                    505:    <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-command-ro-triggers">triggers</code></dt>
                    506: 
                    507:    <dd>
                    508: 
                    509:     <p>Exposes the <span title="command-facet-Triggers">Triggers</span> facet of the command.</p>
                    510: 
                    511:    </dd>
                    512: -->
                    513: 
1.153     mike      514:   </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      515:    <dd>
1.192     mike      516:     <p>Returns an <code><a href="urls.html#htmlcollection" id="htmlcollection-38">HTMLCollection</a></code> of the elements in the
1.153     mike      517:     <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      518:    </dd>
                    519: 
1.193     mike      520:   </dl><hr><p>User agents may expose the <a href="#concept-command" id="concept-command-4" title="concept-command">commands</a> whose <a href="#command-facet-hiddenstate" id="command-facet-hiddenstate-2" title="command-facet-HiddenState">Hidden State</a> facet is false
1.11      mike      521:   (visible), e.g. in the user agent's menu bar. User agents are
1.147     mike      522:   encouraged to do this especially for commands that have <a href="#command-facet-accesskey" id="command-facet-accesskey-1" title="command-facet-AccessKey">Access Keys</a>, as a way to
1.151     mike      523:   advertise those keys to the user.

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