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- What is it?
- The MENU tag represents a list of items typically having one line
per item. Though the common implementation of this tag is very similar to
an unordered list, the MENU style should be more compact. The only content
of this list structure is the <li> (list
item) element. As with other list tags, the closing
</li> element is optional, as it is implied
by the subsequent <li> or end
</menu> tags.
Style Sheet Attributes
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- Class
- 2 | 3
| 3.2 | IE3B1
| M | N4B2
- Required? No
- Description:
This represents an assigned semantic classification grouping(s) for the
current tag.
- Values:
Given as a comma separated list of alphanumeric characters. Class names
may contain spaces (multiple consecutive spaces treated as a single
space.)
- ID
- 2 | 3
| 3.2 | IE3B1
| M | N4B2
- Required? No
- Description:
This assigns an alpha-numeric identifier that is unique
to this tag instance. Style sheets may use this attribute to reference
the current instance of this tag. Hyperlinks may also use this identifier
to serve as a destination.
- Values:
An alphanumeric string - initial character must be a letter followed
by alphabetic characters, digits, "-" or "."
characters. The allowable set of alpha-characters is restricted to the
A-Z and a-z set.
- Style
- 2 | 3
| 3.2 | IE3B1
| M | N4B3
- Required? No
- Description:
This attribute is a text string that provides rendering style
information for the current tag.
- Values:
Please see the description of
inline styles for more
information on how to use this attribute and its
possible values.
- Example
- <menu>
<li>First item in the list
<li>Second item in the list
<li>Third item in the list
</menu>
- Parent Model
- %Block Format
Parent% |
%Multimedia
Parent% |
<basefont> |
<body>
- Content Model
- <li>
Tips & Tricks
- Lists are nestable.
- There are almost never any display differences between a UL and a
MENU list. Recommend using UL because of its customizability.
Browser Peculiarities
- The three reviewed browsers make no distinction in display between a
UL and a MENU list.
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