Version 5.7.12

# `Case`

Part of a `Switch` construct. All cases up to the first case which evaluates to “true” will be executed. If no cases match and there is a `Otherwise`, this will be executed instead.

## Child elements

`A`, `AddSearchpath`, `AttachFile`, `Attribute`, `B`, `Barcode`, `Bookmark`, `Box`, `Br`, `ClearPage`, `Clip`, `Color`, `Column`, `Columns`, `Copy-of`, `DefineColor`, `DefineFontalias`, `DefineFontfamily`, `DefineMatter`, `DefineTextformat`, `Element`, `Fontface`, `ForAll`, `Frame`, `Group`, `HSpace`, `HTML`, `Hyphenation`, `I`, `Image`, `Include`, `Initial`, `InsertPages`, `Layout`, `Li`, `LoadDataset`, `LoadFontfile`, `Loop`, `Mark`, `Message`, `NextFrame`, `NextRow`, `NoBreak`, `Options`, `Output`, `Overlay`, `Pageformat`, `Pagetype`, `Paragraph`, `PlaceObject`, `PositioningArea`, `PositioningFrame`, `ProcessNode`, `SaveDataset`, `SavePages`, `Section`, `SetGrid`, `SetVariable`, `SortSequence`, `Span`, `StructureElement`, `Sub`, `Sup`, `Switch`, `Table`, `TableNewPage`, `Tablehead`, `Tablerule`, `Td`, `Tr`, `Trace`, `Transformation`, `U`, `Until`, `VSpace`, `Value`, `While`

## Parent elements

`Switch`

## Attributes

`test` (XPath expression)
  The test that gets evaluated.

## Example

See the example at `Switch`.

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