# 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 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

## Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <menuitem> tag is new in HTML5.

## Attributes

= New in HTML5.

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

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