The <menu> Element

ExperimentalNew in HTML5Interactive Elements

The <menu> element represents a list of commands that can be represented as toolbar menus or context menus.

Attributes for <menu>

Type	Attribute List
'Standard' Attributes	(none)
Obsolete Attributes	"compact", "label", and "type"

Notes

• The <menu> element was deprecated in HTML 4.01, removed in HTML5 (5.0) (W3C), returned in HTML 5.1 (W3C), and removed again in HTML 5.2 (W3C). What a mess, eh?

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search <menu> (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search <menu> (email client compatibility information)
• HTML 4.01: MENU element (deprecated old usage)
• HTML5 (WHATWG): menu element
• MDN: <menu>
• Quackit: HTML <menu> tag

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "menu element"
• Google "menu element"