The menucascade element is used to document a series of menu choices. The menucascade element contains one or more user interface control (uicontrol) elements, for example: Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad. If there is more than one uicontrol element, a formatter might show connecting characters between the menu items to represent the menu cascade. 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.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
+ topic/ph ui-d/menucascade
Example
This example:
<menucascade> <uicontrol>Start</uicontrol> <uicontrol>Programs</uicontrol> <uicontrol>Accessories</uicontrol> <uicontrol>Notepad</uicontrol> </menucascade>
May produce output similar to the following: Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, outputclass, and keyref.