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Version: DocBook V4.5

accel

accel — A graphical user interface (GUI) keyboard shortcut

Synopsis​

Mixed Content Model​

accel ::=
(#PCDATA|replaceable|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm|
 beginpage)*

Attributes​

Common attributes

Description​

An accelerator is usually a letter used with a meta key (such as control or alt) to activate some element of a GUI without using the mouse to point and click at it.

Processing expectations​

Formatted inline. Often underlined.

Parents​

These elements contain accel: guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guimenuitem, guisubmenu, interface.

Children​

The following elements occur in accel: beginpage, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.

See Also​

guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guimenuitem, guisubmenu, keycap, keycode, keycombo, keysym, menuchoice, mousebutton, shortcut.

Examples​

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para os="windows">
You can exit most Windows applications by selecting
<guimenuitem><accel>Q</accel>uit</guimenuitem> or
<guimenuitem>E<accel>x</accel>it</guimenuitem> from
the <guimenu><accel>F</accel>ile</guimenu> menu.
</para>

You can exit most Windows applications by selecting Quit or Exit from the File menu.