userinput
userinput — Data entered by the user.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
 - Computer-output inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
abbrevacronymaltanchorannotationbibliorefcocodecommandcomputeroutputconstantcorefdateemailemphasis(db._emphasis)envarfilenamefirstterm(db._firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db._foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)indexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkliteralmarkupnonterminalolinkoptionoptionalpackageparameterphrase(db._phrase)promptpropertyquote(db._quote)remarkreplaceablesubscriptsuperscriptsymbolsystemitemtagtermdeftokentrademarkuriuserinputwordaswordxref
 - Graphic inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - GUI inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - Indexing inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - Keyboard inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - Linking inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - Markup inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - Operating system inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - Technical inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
 - Ubiquitous inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
abbrevacronymaltanchorannotationbibliorefcorefdateemphasis(db._emphasis)firstterm(db._firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db._foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)indexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkphrase(db._phrase)quote(db._quote)remarksubscriptsuperscripttrademarkwordaswordxref
 - User-input inlines 
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
abbrevaccelacronymaltanchorannotationbibliorefcocodecommandcomputeroutputconstantcorefdateemailemphasis(db._emphasis)envarfilenamefirstterm(db._firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db._foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)guibuttonguiiconguilabelguimenuguimenuitemguisubmenuindexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectkeycapkeycodekeycombokeysymlinkliteralmarkupmenuchoicemousebuttonnonterminalolinkoptionoptionalpackageparameterphrase(db._phrase)promptpropertyquote(db._quote)remarkreplaceableshortcutsubscriptsuperscriptsymbolsystemitemtagtermdeftokentrademarkuriuserinputwordaswordxref
 
 
Attributes
Description
The userinput element identifies words or
      phrases that the user is expected to provide as input to a computer
      program.
Note that userinput is not a verbatim
      environment, but an inline.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. Often presented in a fixed-width font.
This element occurs in 53 elements.
This element contains 67 elements.
See Also
computeroutput, constant, envar, filename, lineannotation, literal, literallayout, markup, option, optional, parameter, programlisting, prompt, replaceable, screen, screenshot, synopsis, systemitem, tag, varname
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example userinput</title> <para>At the system prompt, enter <userinput>xyzzy</userinput> to gain supervisor access to the system. </para> </article>
At the system prompt, enter xyzzy to gain
supervisor access to the system.




![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)