HTML | DOM Menu Object

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 22 Apr, 2019

The DOM Menu Object is used to represent an HTML <menu> element. This tag defines a list of commands. It is used for context menus, toolbars and for listing form controls and commands.

Syntax:

Accessing Menu Object

var y = document.getElementById("myMenu");

Creating Menu Object
```
var y = document.createElement("MENU");
```

Properties:

label: It sets or returns the value of label attribute of the menu.
type: It sets or returns the value of type attribute of the menu.

Examples-1: Accessing Menu Object.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<body>
  
    <div style="background:green;
                padding: 10px;"
         contextmenu="MENU">
        <p>Right-click inside the box 
          to see the context menu!!!</p>
  
        <menu type="context" 
              id="MENU">
            <menuitem label="Refresh" 
                      onclick="window.location.reload();"
                      icon="ico_reload.png">
          </menuitem>
  
            <menuitem label="Email This Page" 
                      onclick="window.location=
                         'mailto:?body='
                               +window.location.href;">
          </menuitem>
        </menu>
  
    </div>
    <script>
        function Geeks() {
            var y = document.getElementById("MENU");
  
        }
    </script>
  
    <p>This example can work only on Firefox!</p>
  
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Example-2: Creating Menu Object.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<body>
  
    <div style="background:pink;
                padding: 10px;"
         contextmenu="MENU">
        <p>Right-click inside the box 
          to see the context menu!!!</p>
  
        <menu type="context"
              id="MENU">
            <menuitem label="Refresh"
                      onclick="window.location.reload();"
                      icon="ico_reload.png">
          </menuitem>
  
            <menuitem label="Email This Page"
                      onclick="window.location=
                               'mailto:?body='
                               +window.location.href;">
          </menuitem>
        </menu>
  
    </div>
    <script>
        function Geeks() {
            
           //creating menu
            var y = 
                document.createElement("MENU"); 
  
            document.getElementById("MENU");
        }
    </script>
  
    <p>This example can work only on Firefox!</p>
  
</body>
  
</html>