"Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development"
Parameters [state] Published state of the menu items password Displays a password text box. Parameters [class] CSS Style. [size] Character width of the password box; this is not the same as the maximum number of characters. radio Displays a selection of radio buttons. Options are defined by sub-tags called option. Each option tag includes a value attribute and the encapsulated content is the name. The first option is selected by default. We normally use radio buttons for show and hide options:
Parameters [class] CSS Style section Displays a drop-down selection box of published sections. The first option in the selection box is always ??“ Select Section -; this option has a value of 0. Appendix [ 455 ] spacer Adds a horizontal rule. sql Displays a drop-down selection box of items. The items are determined by executing the query attribute against the database.