UI elements and interactions

:guilabel:

Labels that are presented as part of an interactive user interface should be marked with guilabel. Any label used in the interface should be identified with this role, including labels for buttons, window titles, field names, menu and menu selection names, and even values in selection lists.

A keyboard shortcut for GUI labelling can be inserted with an ampersand (&); this will underline the following letter in the output.

Cancel is achieved, for example, with the following distinction:

:guilabel:`&Cancel`

Note

If you want to insert an ampersand, you can simply double it.

:kbd:

This represents a sequence of keystrokes. The form of the key sequence may depend on platform- or application-specific conventions. If there are no corresponding conventions, the names of modifier keys should be written out to improve accessibility. Also, do not reference a specific keyboard label.

You can achieve Ctrl-s, for example, with the following markup:

:kbd:`Ctrl-s`

:menuselection:

A menu selection should be marked with the menuselection role. This is used to mark a complete sequence, including submenu selections and selections of specific operations or any subsequences. The names of the individual selections should be separated by -->.

View ‣ Cell Toolba r‣ Slideshow is achieved, for example, with the following markup:

:menuselection:`View --> Cell Toolbar --> Slideshow`

menuselection, just like guilabel, also supports keyboard shortcuts with an ampersand (&).