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HTML <menu> label Attribute

❮ HTML <menu> tag

Example

Use of the label attribute:

<menu type="context" id="mymenu">
  <menuitem label="Refresh" onclick="window.location.reload();" icon="ico_reload.png">
  </menuitem>
  <menu label="Share on...">
    <menuitem label="Twitter" icon="ico_twitter.png"
    onclick="window.open('//twitter.com/intent/tweet?text='+window.location.href);">
    </menuitem>
    <menuitem label="Facebook" icon="ico_facebook.png"
    onclick="window.open('//facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u='+window.location.href);">
    </menuitem>
  </menu>
  <menuitem label="Email This Page"
  onclick="window.location='mailto:?body='+window.location.href;"></menuitem>
</menu>
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Definition and Usage

The label attribute specifies a visible label for the menu.

The label attribute is often used to label nested menus within a menu.


Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.

Attribute
label Not supported Not supported 8.0 Not supported Not supported

Syntax

<menu label="text">

Attribute Values

Value Description
text Specifies a visible label for the menu

❮ HTML <menu> tag