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HTML <menu> Tag

Example

A context menu with different <menuitem> elements:

<menu type="context" id="mymenu">
  <menuitem label="Refresh"onclick="window.location.reload();"icon="ico_reload.png">
  </menuitem>
  <menu label="Share on...">
    <menuitem label="Twitter" icon="ico_twitter.png"
    onclick="window.open('//twitter.com/intent/tweet?text='+window.location.href);">
    </menuitem>
    <menuitem label="Facebook" icon="ico_facebook.png"
    onclick="window.open('//facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u='+window.location.href);">
    </menuitem>
  </menu>
  <menuitem label="Email This Page"
  onclick="window.location='mailto:?body='+window.location.href;"></menuitem>
</menu>

Definition and Usage

The <menu> tag defines a list/menu of commands.

The <menu> tag is used for context menus, toolbars and for listing form controls and commands.

Note: The <menu> tag is only supported in Firefox, 

8.0 (only context menus)

and it only works for context menus.

Tips and Notes

Tip: Use CSS to style menu lists.