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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

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <menu> element is redefined in HTML5, and the label attribute is new.


Syntax

<menu label="text">

Attribute Values

Value Description
text Specifies a visible label for the menu

< HTML <menu> tag