<uicontrol>

A user interface control is a label for an item that allows a person or tool to control an interface, such as a button, field, menu item, or other object.

The <uicontrol> element is also used inside a <menucascade> element to identify a sequence of menu choices in a nested menu, such as File > New.

The <uicontrol> element is specialized from <ph>. It is defined in the user-interface domain module.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and @keyref.

Example

The following code sample shows how the <uicontrol> element can be used to identify a button that a user is directed to press:

<p>Press <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol> to continue.</p>