RE: [HTML5 CR 2012-12-17] Element command

Hi Olaf,

you wrote:



> Hello,
>
> I tried to understand the functionality of the element command and how to
> use it.
>
> It is noted
> 'The command element represents a command that the user can invoke.'
>
> But as far as I can see, it specifies no declarative method to identify the
> recipient of the command or how to specify the content or purpose of
> the command and how to invoke it declaratively (HTML5 currently seems
> not to have interactive declarative animations as for example SVG has,
> therefore not obvious, how to invoke any activity here at all).
>
> There is only an example with event handlers for scripts, but no
> declarative example how to use this for relevant content.
> Can anyone provide a meaningful declarative example,
> respectively how to provide an accessible alternative for
> a scripted use of such an empty element?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Olaf
>


Please note that the command element is a feature at risk in HTML5 [1] and
has been dropped from 5.1 and replaced by the menuitem [2] element. and
command[3] attribute

So I would suggest that it would be more worthwhile reviewing the latter.


[1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/HTML5.0AtRiskFeatures
[2]
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/interactive-elements.html#the-menuitem-element
[3]
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/interactive-elements.html#attr-menuitem-command

-- 
with regards

Steve Faulkner