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MENU object (Object/HTML)

An object that represents the contents of a <MENU> tag.

Availability:

DOM level - 1
JavaScript - 1.5
JScript - 3.0
Internet Explorer - 4.0
Netscape - 6.0
Inherits from:Element object
JavaScript syntax:IEmyMENU = myDocument.all.anElementID
IEmyMENU = myDocument.all.tags("MENU")[anIndex]
IEmyMENU = myDocument.all[aName]
-myMENU = myDocument.getElementById(anElementID)
-myMENU = myDocument.getElementsByName(aName)[anIndex]
-myMENU = myDocument.getElementsByTagName("MENU")[anIndex]
HTML syntax:<MENU> ... </MENU>
Argument list:anIndexA reference to an element in a collection
aNameAn associative array reference
anElementIDThe ID value of an Element object
Object properties:compact
Event handlers:onClick, onDblClick, onDragStart, onFilterChange, onHelp, onKeyDown, onKeyPress, onKeyUp, onMouseDown, onMouseMove, onMouseOut, onMouseOver, onMouseUp, onSelectStart

The DOM level 1 specification refers to this as a MenuElement object.

See also:Element object

PropertyJavaScriptJScriptNIEOperaNESECMADOMCSSHTMLNotes
compact1.5 1.53.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a1 1 n/a n/a-

Event nameJavaScriptJScriptNIEOperaNESECMADOMCSSHTMLNotes
onClick1.0 1.01.0 1.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onDblClick1.2 1.23.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onDragStart n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a-
onFilterChange n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a-
onHelp n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aWarning
onKeyDown1.2 1.23.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onKeyPress1.2 1.23.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onKeyUp1.2 1.23.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseDown1.2 1.23.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseMove1.2 1.23.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseOut1.1 1.13.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseOver1.0 1.01.0 1.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseUp1.2 1.23.0 3.06.0 6.04.0 4.03.0 3.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onSelectStart n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a-

Inheritance chain:

Element object, Node object

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