`<menu> HTML Tag`

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Element of: What On Earth Is Semantic Markup? (And Why Should You Learn To Write It)
What does <menu> HTML Tag do?: The <menu> element defines an instance of a menu. This experimental HTML feature has very limited browser support, but may soon be an effective way to add menu items to context menus and to create interactive web application menus.
Display: inline
Usage: semantic | textual

Building Menu Options

The <menu> element defines a menu. It’s designed to help you build pop-up menus using HTML, and is a new element in the HTML 5 specification.


<menu type="context" id="navmenu">
<menuitem label="Home" icon="ico_house.png" onclick="window.open('//index.php?u='+window.location.href);">
</menuitem>
</menu>

Implementation in Modern Browsers

The majority of browsers don’t support <menu> in any form. Only Firefox will render it correctly, and it can only be used where the type attribute of <menu> is set to context. As such, it’s marked Not Implemented since no browser fully supports it.

Claire Broadley

Claire is seasoned technical writer, editor, and HTML enthusiast. She writes for HTML.com and runs a content agency, Red Robot Media.

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