---
title: <command>
slug: Web/HTML/Element/command
tags:
  - HTML
  - Obsolete
  - Reference
  - Web
translation_of: Web/HTML/Element/command
---
<div>{{obsolete_header()}}</div>

<p><span class="seoSummary">The <strong>HTML Command element</strong> (<strong><code>&lt;command&gt;</code></strong>) represents a command which the user can invoke. Commands are often used as part of a context menu or toolbar.</span> However, they can be used anywhere on the page.</p>

<div class="note">
<p>The <code>&lt;command&gt;</code> element is included in the W3C specification, but not in the WHATWG specification, and browser support is nonexistent. You should use the {{HTMLElement("menuitem")}} element instead, although that element is non-standard and only supported in Edge and Firefox.</p>
</div>

<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 of 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")}}</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 radio button.</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')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'semantics.html#the-command-element', '&lt;command&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

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



<p>{{Compat("html.elements.command")}}</p>

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