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
<menu>........<menu> 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>Output:
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. |
Global attribute:
The <menu> tag supports the global attributes in HTML
Event attribute:
The <menu> tag supports the event attributes in HTML.
Supporting Browsers
| Element |  Chrome |  IE |  Firefox |  Opera |  Safari |
| <menu> | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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