Revision 1010277 of <command>

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<p><strong>Note:</strong> The <code>command</code> element has been removed from {{Gecko("24.0")}} in favor of the {{HTMLElement("menuitem")}} element. Firefox has never supported this <code>command</code> element, and the existing implementation of the {{domxref("HTMLCommandElement")}} DOM interface has been dropped from <a href="/en-US/docs/Site_Compatibility_for_Firefox_24">Firefox&nbsp;24</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>

<p>The <code>command</code> element represents a command which the user can invoke.</p>

<table class="properties">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content">Flow content</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>, metadata content.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted content</th>
   <td>None, it is an {{Glossary("empty element")}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Tag omission</th>
   <td>The <span>start tag</span> is mandatory, but, as it is a void element, the <span>use an end tag</span> is forbidden.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted parent elements</th>
   <td>{{HTMLElement("colgroup")}} only, though it can be implicitly defined as its start tag is not mandatory. The {{HTMLElement("colgroup")}} must not have a {{HTMLElement("span")}} as child.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">DOM interface</th>
   <td>{{domxref("HTMLCommandElement")}} {{ obsolete_inline(24) }}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Attributes">Attributes</h2>

<p>This element includes the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes">global attributes</a>.</p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{htmlattrdef("checked")}}</dt>
 <dd>Indicates whether the command is selected. Must be omitted unless the <code>type</code> attribute is <code>checkbox </code>or <code>radio</code>.</dd>
 <dt>{{htmlattrdef("disabled")}}</dt>
 <dd>Iindicates that the command is not available.</dd>
 <dt>{{htmlattrdef("icon")}}</dt>
 <dd>Gives a picture which represents the command.</dd>
 <dt>{{htmlattrdef("label")}}</dt>
 <dd>The name of the command as shown to the user.</dd>
 <dt>{{htmlattrdef("radiogroup")}}</dt>
 <dd>This attribute gives the name of the group of commands, with a <code>type</code> of <code>radio</code>, that will be toggled when the command itself is toggled. This attribute must be omitted unless the <code>type</code> attribute is <code>radio</code>.</dd>
 <dt>{{htmlattrdef("type")}}</dt>
 <dd>This attribute indicates the kind of command. This can be one of three values.
 <ul>
  <li>
   <p><code>command</code> or empty which is the default state and indicates that this is a normal command.</p>
  </li>
  <li>
   <p><code>checkbox</code> indicates that the command can be toggled using a checkbox.</p>
  </li>
  <li>
   <p><code>radio</code> indicates that the command can be toggled using a radiobutton.</p>
  </li>
 </ul>
 </dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<pre class="brush: html">
&lt;command type="command" label="Save" icon="icons/save.png" onclick="save()"&gt;
</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'commands.html', '&lt;command&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'semantics.html#the-command-element', '&lt;command&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<p>{{ HTMLRef }}</p>