The xforms-help and xforms-hint events

Release 2.0 - ...

Dispatched in response to: a user request for help or hint information.

Event Properties

Event Properties Value / Description
Target Core Form Controls
Bubbles Yes
Cancelable Yes
Context Info None

The default action for these events results in the following:

  • If the form control has help/hint elements supplied, these are used to construct a message that is displayed to the user. Otherwise, user agents may provide default help or hint messages, but are not required to.

Example

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<xforms:action ev:event="xforms-help">
   <xforms:message level="modal">xforms-help</xforms:message>
</xforms:action>

Specification

Link to the XForms specification: the xforms-help and xforms-hint events.