<menu> tag — TutorialBrain

Note/Warning The <menu> tag was deprecated in HTML4.01 but later included in HTML5.1 specification.

HTML <menu> tag

The <menu> tag specifies the list of commands which is used to build menus.

The menus can be context menu, list menu or toolbars.

Syntax:
<menu>content…</menu>

Example

<menu>
  <li>Brahmaputra River</li>
  <li>Narmada River</li>
  <li>Godavari River</li>
  <li>Yamuna River</li>
  <li>Mahanadi River</li>
  <li>Tapti River</li>
</menu>

Default CSS Values

display: block;
list-style-type: disc;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
padding-left: 40px;

How Browser will display

BLOCK Level.

Difference between HTML4.01, XHTML and HTML5

HTML4	XHTML	HTML5
deprecated in HTML4.1	No difference compared to HTML4	Reintroduced in HTML5.1 specification

Attributes used with <menu> tag

Attribute	Description
label	To define alabel name of the menu using a text.
type	To display the type of menu. The menu types are - popup toolbar context

Global Attributes

The <menu> tag supports Global attributes.

Event Attributes

The <menu> tag supports Event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

Note/Info:
Most of the browsers does not support the <menu> tag so you should avoid using it.

Mozilla Firefox (8 and above) only supports it for context menus so it is better to use <ul> tag or <ol> tag instead.

Related Tags

<li>, <menuitem>, <ul> & <ol> tags.