help (option)

Points to the help message for the item.

The item reference identifies the help item containing the help message. There can be many items pointing to the same help message.

Syntax

   <help>item reference</help>

Table 1. help parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
item reference	string	A reference to the help item that contains the help message.

button, check, checkgroup, combobox, field, label, list, popup, radio, radiogroup, richtext, slider

This sample points to the help item general_help defined on the page called page_1.

   <help>page_1.general_help</help>

Default
- XFDL: none
- XForms: if no help item is referenced, then the concatenated value of the <xforms:hint> and <xforms:help> settings are used to create a help message that is shown for the item. For more information about these settings, refer to Metadata sub-options.
The help option overrides the <xforms:hint> and <xforms:help> settings for the item.