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HTML <menuitem> Tag


Example

A context menu with different <menuitem> elements:

<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 <menuitem> tag is deprecated in HTML5.

The <menuitem> tag defines a command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu.


Browser Support

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

Element
<menuitem> Not supported Not supported 8.0
(for context menus)
Not supported Not supported


Attributes

Attribute Value Description
checked checked Specifies that the command/menu item should be checked when the page loads. Only for type="radio" or type="checkbox"
command    
default default Marks the command/menu item as being a default command
disabled disabled Specifies that the command/menu item should be disabled
icon URL Specifies an icon for the command/menu item
label text Required. Specifies the name of the command/menu item, as shown to the user
radiogroup groupname Specifies the name of the group of commands that will be toggled when the command/menu item itself is toggled. Only for type="radio"
type checkbox
command
radio
Specifies the type of command/menu item. Default is "command"

Global Attributes

The <menuitem> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.


Event Attributes

The <menuitem> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.


Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: MenuItem Object