<screen>
The <screen> element contains or refers to a textual
representation of a computer screen or user interface panel (window).
Use <screen> to contain representations of text-based online panels, text
consoles ("term" or "curses" windows, for example), or other text-based user interface components.
The default print representation is to enclose the screen within a box, suggesting a computer
display screen. In contrast to graphical screen captures normally used to represent GUI parts (see
the <image> element description), this
element specifically supports constructions for which text is the primary content.
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/pre ui-d/screen
Example
This section is non-normative.
<screen> element to represent a DOS edit session<p>Type "edit" after the command line prompt and press Enter. The following
editing interface will be displayed.</p>
<screen>
File Edit Search View Options Help
+--------------------------------- UNTITLED1 ----------------------------------+
¦ ¦
¦ ¦
¦ ¦
¦ ¦
¦ Line:1 Col:1 F1=Help ¦
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
</screen>Type "edit" after the command line prompt and press Enter. The following editing interface will be displayed.
File Edit Search View Options Help +--------------------------------- UNTITLED1 ----------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Line:1 Col:1 F1=Help ¦ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Content model
(Text | <boolean> | <cite> | <keyword> | <ph> | <q> | <term> | <text> | <xref> | <state> | <data> | <data-about> | <foreign> | <unknown> | <draft-comment> | <fn> | <indextermref> | <indexterm> | <required-cleanup>)*
Not contained by any element.
- Text
<boolean><cite><data><data-about><draft-comment><fn><foreign><indexterm><indextermref><keyword><ph><q><required-cleanup><state><term><text><unknown><xref>
Not contained by any element.
Inheritance
+ topic/pre ui-d/screen
The <screen> element is specialized from <pre>. It is defined in the ui-domain module.
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Display attribute group, outputclass, xml:space, and spectitle.