HTML menu Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

HTML <menu> tag

HTML <menu> tag specifies a list or menu of commands that a user can perform or activate. It is used for creating context menu as well as lists menu.

A <menu> element can contain one or more <li> or <menuitem> elements within it.

Note: The <menu> tag was deprecated in HTML 4.01 and again included in HTML 5.1 specification. But it will better to ignore it as it is experimental and not supported by many browsers.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the HTML <menu> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both Start and End tag
Usage	Semantic and textual

Example

    <!DOCTYPE html>    <html>   <head>    <title>Menu Tag</title>    </head>    <body>    <h2>Example of Menu Tag</h2>   <menu>   <li>Home</li>   <li>Registration</li>   <li>Contact-us</li>   <li>About-us</li>   </menu>  </body>  </html>  

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Output:

HTML menu tag

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

popup
toolbar
context

Attribute	Value	Description
label	text	It specifies the label for the menu.
type

It specifies the type of the menu in an HTML document.