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 453. Example
Figure 96. Using the 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>
Figure 97. Potential result from an rendering process
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 ¦
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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