<menuitem>
HTML <menuitem> Tag
The HTML <menuitem> tag contains commands/items with the help of which the user can invoke through a popup menu defined with the <menu> tag. This involves context menus, and menus that can be attached to a menu button.
Syntax
Syntax （语法）
The <menuitem> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening (<menuitem>) and closing (</menuitem>) tags. The <menuitem> tag is nested inside the <menu> element.
Example of the HTML <menuitem> tag:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
menuitem {
display: block;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<menu>
<menuitem>ol – ordered list</menuitem>
<menuitem>ul – unordered list</menuitem>
<menuitem>menu – menu</menuitem>
</menu>
</body>
</html>
Result
Attributes
Attributes （属性）
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| checked | checked | Defines that the command / menu item must be checked when the page is being loaded (used only for type = “radio” and type = “checkbox”). |
| default | default | Marks command/menu item as a default command. |
| disabled | disabled | Defines, that the command/menu item must be disabled. |
| icon | icon | Defines an icon for the menu /command item. |
| label | text | Defines that the command / menu item will be displayed for the user. The attribute is required. |
| radiogroup | groupname | Defines the name of grouped commands, which will be toggled when commend/menu item is toggled. Used only for type = “radio”. |
| type | checkboxcommandradio | Defines the type of command/menu item. The default value is command. |
The <menuitem> tag supports the Global Attributes and the Event Attributes.
How to style <menuitem> tag? Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in <menuitem> tag:
CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit. CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element. CSS font-size property sets the size of the font. CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick. CSS text-transform property controls text case and capitalization. CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style.
Coloring text in <menuitem> tag:
CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations. CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.
Text layout styles for <menuitem> tag:
CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block. CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signalled to the user. CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled. CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.
Other properties worth looking at for <menuitem> tag:
CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text. CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text. CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line. CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text. CSS word-spacing property sets the spacing between words.