7.8 Menu Lists
The
menu list is yet another specialized form of the unordered list. Like
<dir>, it is deprecated in the HTML 4 and
XHTML standards, so we don't recommend using it.
[<ul>]
7.8.1 The <menu> Tag (Deprecated)
The
<menu> tag displays a list of short choices to
the reader, such as a menu of links to other documents. The browser
may use a special (typically more compact) representation of items in
a menu list compared with the general unordered list, or even use
some sort of graphical pull-down menu to implement the menu list. If
the list items are short enough, the browser may even display them in
a multicolumn format and may not precede each list item with a
bullet.
Like an unordered list, define the menu list items with the
<li> tag. When used within a menu list,
however, the <li> tag may not contain any
block elements, including paragraphs, other lists, preformatted text,
or forms.
Compare the following source text and the ancient Mosaic display
(Figure 7-9) and unordered (Figure 7-1)
list displays presented earlier in the chapter:
Some popular kumquat recipes include:
<menu>
<li>Pickled Kumquats</li>
<li>'Quats and 'Kraut (a holiday favorite!)</li>
<li>'Quatshakes</li>
</menu>
There are many more to please every palate!
Figure 7-10. Sample <menu> list

<menu>Function Defines a menu list Attributes class, dir, id, lang, onClick, onDblClick, onKeyDown, onKeyPress, onKeyUp, onMouseDown, onMouseMove, onMouseOut, onMouseOver, onMouseUp, style, title End tag </menu>; never omitted Contains list_content Used in block |