Web/API/HTMLMenuElement

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The HTMLMenuElement interface provides special properties (beyond those defined on the regular HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating <menu> elements.

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Properties

This interface has no properties, but inherits properties from: HTMLElement

Methods

This interface has no methods, but inherits methods from: HTMLElement

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'HTMLMenuElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from latest snapshot, Unknown
HTML 5.2The definition of 'HTMLMenuElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Snapshot of the HTML Living Standard. Removed the `context` type.
HTML 5.1The definition of 'HTMLMenuElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Snapshot of the HTML Living Standard. Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`HTMLMenuElement` Experimental'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 8	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 8	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`compact` Deprecated'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 8	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 8	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`label` Deprecated'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 8	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 8 Notes' Full support 8 Notes' Notes' Nested menus are not supported.	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`type` Deprecated'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support 12 — 79	Firefox Full support 8	IE Full support Yes	Opera No support No	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 8	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.': Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.': Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See implementation notes.': See implementation notes.