MENU menu list XHTML 1.0 Transitional

Purpose

menu list

Description

This element encloses a list of items constituting a menu, or a set from which you can select. The intent is that menu creates lists which are more compact than ul lists. However, the menu element was never rendered differently in many browsers and is rarely used.

Start tag

Required <menu>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
compact	( compact )	#IMPLIED	reduced interitem spacing
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (backwards compatible); language code as RFC3066
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was clicked; script expression
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was double clicked; script expression
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed down; script expression
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed and released; script expression
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was released; script expression
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was pressed down; script expression
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved within; script expression
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved away; script expression
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved onto; script expression
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was released; script expression
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	associated style info; style sheet data
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	advisory title; text used for titles
xml:lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (as per XML 1.0 spec); language code as RFC3066

Content

( li )+

End tag

Required </menu>

Referenced in

applet blockquote body button center dd del div fieldset form iframe ins li map noframes noscript object td th

Example

Source	Appearance
On the menu: <ul> <li>Pizza</li> <li>Ham</li> <li>Cheese <ul> <li>Cheddar</li> <li>Munster</li> </ul> </li> <li>Eggs</li> </ul>	On the menu: Pizza Ham Cheese Cheddar Munster Eggs