Re: [dita] Stage one proposal: Add an element for things you press on keyboards.

Umm, I think you are misusing <shortcut>. Granted, the spec
      definition is not crystal clear ...

    

    
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On 6/11/2019 12:56 PM, Scott Hudson
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We often use the following:

        
Press
<uicontrol><shortcut>Ctrl+Alt+Delete</shortcut></uicontrol>
          to restart the system. I'm not a huge fan of it.

        
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I like the DocBook structure better:

        
https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.2/shortcut.html

        
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I'd prefer a way to identify on screen
          elements in combination with hardware keystrokes.

        
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From:
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              on behalf of Zoe Lawson <>

              Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 10:09 AM

              To: DITA TC <>

              Subject: [dita] Stage one proposal: Add an element
              for things you press on keyboards.

        

        

          
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I often want to add
              special formatting for things I press/type, such as CTRL+Z
              or ALT+0235. I know that <userinput> exists, but
              that generally seems to be intended for strings you put
              into fields. Also, I generally want different formatting
              for things I press on a keyboard vs text I need to enter.

        

        

          
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Right now (because
              I'm a DITA specialization newbie), I'm using <userinput
              outputclass="keyboard">CTRL+S</userinput> in my
              processing. I'd love to simplify this down to something
              like <keyboard>CTRL+S</keyboard>. Potentially
              this is just a small addition to the software elements
              domain.

        

        

          
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And trying to write
              this without using the word "key" is hard.Â

        

        

          
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Zoà Lawson