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   <a href="commands.html" class="next">4.11.5 Commands</a>
  <ol class="toc"><li><ol><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#interactive-elements"><span class="secno">4.11 </span>Interactive elements</a>
    <ol><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#the-details-element"><span class="secno">4.11.1 </span>The <code>details</code> element</a></li><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#the-summary-element"><span class="secno">4.11.2 </span>The <code>summary</code> element</a></li><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#the-command-element"><span class="secno">4.11.3 </span>The <code>command</code> element</a></li><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#the-menu-element"><span class="secno">4.11.4 </span>The <code>menu</code> element</a>
      <ol><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#menus-intro"><span class="secno">4.11.4.1 </span>Introduction</a></li><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#building-menus-and-toolbars"><span class="secno">4.11.4.2 </span>Building menus and toolbars</a></li><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#context-menus"><span class="secno">4.11.4.3 </span>Context menus</a></li><li><a href="interactive-elements.html#toolbars"><span class="secno">4.11.4.4 </span>Toolbars</a></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></div>

  <h3 id="interactive-elements"><span class="secno">4.11 </span>Interactive elements</h3><h4 id="the-details-element"><span class="secno">4.11.1 </span>The <dfn><code>details</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
   <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
   <dd><a href="sections.html#sectioning-root">Sectioning root</a>.</dd>
   <dd><a href="content-models.html#interactive-content">Interactive content</a>.</dd>
   <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
   <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#flow-content">flow content</a> is expected.</dd>
   <dt>Content model:</dt>
   <dd>One <code><a href="#the-summary-element">summary</a></code> element followed by <a href="content-models.html#flow-content">flow content</a>.</dd>
   <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
   <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-details-open"><a href="#attr-details-open">open</a></code></dd>
   <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
   <dd>
<pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmldetailselement">HTMLDetailsElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {
           attribute boolean <a href="#dom-details-open" title="dom-details-open">open</a>;
};</pre>
   </dd>
  </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-details-element">details</a></code> element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a
  disclosure widget from which the user can obtain additional
  information or controls.</p><p class="note">The <code><a href="#the-details-element">details</a></code> element is not appropriate
  for footnotes. Please see <a href="links.html#footnotes">the section on
  footnotes</a> for details on how to mark up footnotes.</p><p>The <span class="impl">first</span> <code><a href="#the-summary-element">summary</a></code> element
  child of the element, if any, <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> the summary or
  legend of the details. <span class="impl">If there is no child
  <code><a href="#the-summary-element">summary</a></code> element, the user agent should provide its own
  legend (e.g. "Details").</span></p><p>The <dfn id="attr-details-open" title="attr-details-open"><code>open</code></dfn>
  content attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a>. If present,
  it indicates that the details are to be shown to the user. If the
  attribute is absent, the details are not to be shown.</p><div class="impl">

  <p>When the element is created, if the attribute is absent, the
  details should be hidden; if the attribute is absent, the details
  should be shown. Subsequently, if the attribute is removed, then the
  details should be hidden; if the attribute is added, the details
  should be shown.</p>

  <p>The user agent should allow the user to request that the details
  be shown or hidden. To honor a request for the details to be shown,
  the user agent must set the <code title="attr-details-open"><a href="#attr-details-open">open</a></code> attribute on the element to
  the value <code title="">open</code>. To honor a request for the
  details to be hidden, the user agent must remove the <code title="attr-details-open"><a href="#attr-details-open">open</a></code> attribute from the
  element.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-details-open" title="dom-details-open"><code>open</code></dfn> IDL
  attribute must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the <code title="attr-details-open"><a href="#attr-details-open">open</a></code> content attribute.</p>

  </div><div class="example">

   <p>The following example shows the <code><a href="#the-details-element">details</a></code> element
   being used to hide technical details in a progress report.</p>

   <pre>&lt;section class="progress window"&gt;
 &lt;h1&gt;Copying "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"&lt;/h1&gt;
 &lt;details&gt;
  &lt;summary&gt;Copying... &lt;progress max="375505392" value="97543282"&gt;&lt;/progress&gt; 25%&lt;/summary&gt;
  &lt;dl&gt;
   &lt;dt&gt;Transfer rate:&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;452KB/s&lt;/dd&gt;
   &lt;dt&gt;Local filename:&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;/home/rpausch/raycd.m4v&lt;/dd&gt;
   &lt;dt&gt;Remote filename:&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;/var/www/lectures/raycd.m4v&lt;/dd&gt;
   &lt;dt&gt;Duration:&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;01:16:27&lt;/dd&gt;
   &lt;dt&gt;Color profile:&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;SD (6-1-6)&lt;/dd&gt;
   &lt;dt&gt;Dimensions:&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;320&#215;240&lt;/dd&gt;
  &lt;/dl&gt;
 &lt;/details&gt;
&lt;/section&gt;</pre>

  </div><div class="example">

   <p>The following shows how a <code><a href="#the-details-element">details</a></code> element can be
   used to hide some controls by default:</p>

   <pre>&lt;details&gt;
 &lt;summary&gt;&lt;label for=fn&gt;Name &amp; Extension:&lt;/label&gt;&lt;/summary&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;input type=text id=fn name=fn value="Pillar Magazine.pdf"&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;label&gt;&lt;input type=checkbox name=ext checked&gt; Hide extension&lt;/label&gt;
&lt;/details&gt;</pre>

   <p>One could use this in conjunction with other <code><a href="#the-details-element">details</a></code>
   in a list to allow the user to collapse a set of fields down to a
   small set of headings, with the ability to open each one.</p>

   <p class="details-example"><img alt="" height="611" src="sample-details-1.png" width="345"><img alt="" height="666" src="sample-details-2.png" width="345"></p>

   <p>In these examples, the summary really just summarises what the
   controls can change, and not the actual values, which is less than
   ideal.</p>

  </div><h4 id="the-summary-element"><span class="secno">4.11.2 </span>The <dfn><code>summary</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
   <dd>None.</dd>
   <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
   <dd>As the first child of a <code><a href="#the-details-element">details</a></code> element.</dd>
   <dt>Content model:</dt>
   <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
   <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
   <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
   <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
   <dd>Uses <code><a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
  </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-summary-element">summary</a></code> element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a
  summary, caption, or legend for the rest of the contents of the
  <code><a href="#the-summary-element">summary</a></code> element's parent <code><a href="#the-details-element">details</a></code>
  element<span class="impl">, if any</span>.</p><h4 id="the-command-element"><span class="secno">4.11.3 </span>The <dfn id="the-command"><code>command</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
   <dd><a href="content-models.html#metadata-content">Metadata content</a>.</dd>
   <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
   <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
   <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
   <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#metadata-content">metadata content</a> is expected.</dd>
   <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
   <dt>Content model:</dt>
   <dd>Empty.</dd>
   <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
   <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-command-type"><a href="#attr-command-type">type</a></code></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-command-label"><a href="#attr-command-label">label</a></code></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-command-icon"><a href="#attr-command-icon">icon</a></code></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-command-disabled"><a href="#attr-command-disabled">disabled</a></code></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-command-checked"><a href="#attr-command-checked">checked</a></code></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-command-radiogroup"><a href="#attr-command-radiogroup">radiogroup</a></code></dd>
   
   <dd>Also, the <code title="attr-command-title"><a href="#attr-command-title">title</a></code> attribute has special semantics on this element.</dd>
   <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
   <dd>
<pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlcommandelement">HTMLCommandElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {
           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-command-type" title="dom-command-type">type</a>;
           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-command-label" title="dom-command-label">label</a>;
           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-command-icon" title="dom-command-icon">icon</a>;
           attribute boolean <a href="#dom-command-disabled" title="dom-command-disabled">disabled</a>;
           attribute boolean <a href="#dom-command-checked" title="dom-command-checked">checked</a>;
           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-command-radiogroup" title="dom-command-radiogroup">radiogroup</a>;};</pre>
   </dd>
  </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-command-element">command</a></code> element represents a command that the user
  can invoke.</p><p>A command can be part of a context menu or toolbar, using the
  <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element, or can be put anywhere else in the page,
  to define a keyboard shortcut.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-command-type" title="attr-command-type"><code>type</code></dfn>
  attribute indicates the kind of command: either a normal command
  with an associated action, or a state or option that can be toggled,
  or a selection of one item from a list of items.</p><p>The attribute is an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#enumerated-attribute">enumerated attribute</a> with three
  keywords and states. The "<dfn id="attr-command-type-keyword-command" title="attr-command-type-keyword-command"><code>command</code></dfn>"
  keyword maps to the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-command" title="attr-command-type-state-command">Command</a> state, the
  "<dfn id="attr-command-type-keyword-checkbox" title="attr-command-type-keyword-checkbox"><code>checkbox</code></dfn>"
  keyword maps to the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-checkbox" title="attr-command-type-state-checkbox">Checkbox</a> state, and
  the "<dfn id="attr-command-type-keyword-radio" title="attr-command-type-keyword-radio"><code>radio</code></dfn>"
  keyword maps to the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-radio" title="attr-command-type-state-radio">Radio</a> state. The
  <i>missing value default</i> is the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-command" title="attr-command-type-state-command">Command</a> state.</p><dl><dt>The <dfn id="attr-command-type-state-command" title="attr-command-type-state-command">Command</dfn> state</dt>

   <dd><p>The element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a normal command with an associated action.</p></dd>

   <dt>The <dfn id="attr-command-type-state-checkbox" title="attr-command-type-state-checkbox">Checkbox</dfn> state</dt>

   <dd><p>The element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a state or option that can be toggled.</p></dd>

   <dt>The <dfn id="attr-command-type-state-radio" title="attr-command-type-state-radio">Radio</dfn> state</dt>

   <dd><p>The element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a selection of one item from a list of items.</p></dd>

  </dl><p>The <dfn id="attr-command-label" title="attr-command-label"><code>label</code></dfn>
  attribute gives the name of the command, as shown to the user. The
  <code title="attr-command-label"><a href="#attr-command-label">label</a></code> attribute must be
  specified and must have a value that is not the empty string.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-command-title" title="attr-command-title"><code>title</code></dfn>
  attribute gives a hint describing the command, which might be shown
  to the user to help him.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-command-icon" title="attr-command-icon"><code>icon</code></dfn>
  attribute gives a picture that represents the command. If the
  attribute is specified, the attribute's value must contain a
  <a href="urls.html#valid-non-empty-url-potentially-surrounded-by-spaces">valid non-empty URL potentially surrounded by
  spaces</a>. <span class="impl">To obtain the <a href="urls.html#absolute-url">absolute
  URL</a> of the icon when the attribute's value is not the empty
  string, the attribute's value must be <a href="urls.html#resolve-a-url" title="resolve a
  url">resolved</a> relative to the element. When the attribute is
  absent, or its value is the empty string, or <a href="urls.html#resolve-a-url" title="resolve a
  url">resolving</a> its value fails, there is no icon.</span></p><p>The <dfn id="attr-command-disabled" title="attr-command-disabled"><code>disabled</code></dfn> attribute
  is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a> that, if present, indicates that
  the command is not available in the current state.</p><p class="note">The distinction between <code title="attr-command-disabled"><a href="#attr-command-disabled">disabled</a></code> and <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="editing.html#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code> is subtle. A command would be
  disabled if, in the same context, it could be enabled if only
  certain aspects of the situation were changed. A command would be
  marked as hidden if, in that situation, the command will never be
  enabled. For example, in the context menu for a water faucet, the
  command "open" might be disabled if the faucet is already open, but
  the command "eat" would be marked hidden since the faucet could
  never be eaten.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-command-checked" title="attr-command-checked"><code>checked</code></dfn>
  attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a> that, if present,
  indicates that the command is selected. The attribute must be
  omitted unless the <code title="attr-command-type"><a href="#attr-command-type">type</a></code>
  attribute is in either the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-checkbox" title="attr-command-type-state-checkbox">Checkbox</a> state or
  the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-radio" title="attr-command-type-state-radio">Radio</a>
  state.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-command-radiogroup" title="attr-command-radiogroup"><code>radiogroup</code></dfn>
  attribute gives the name of the group of commands that will be
  toggled when the command itself is toggled, for commands whose <code title="attr-command-type"><a href="#attr-command-type">type</a></code> attribute has the value "<code title="">radio</code>". The scope of the name is the child list of
  the parent element. The attribute must be omitted unless the <code title="attr-command-type"><a href="#attr-command-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-radio" title="attr-command-type-state-radio">Radio</a> state.</p><div class="impl">

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-command-type" title="dom-command-type"><code>type</code></dfn> IDL
  attribute must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the content attribute of the
  same name, <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#limited-to-only-known-values">limited to only known values</a>.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-command-label" title="dom-command-label"><code>label</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-command-icon" title="dom-command-icon"><code>icon</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-command-disabled" title="dom-command-disabled"><code>disabled</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-command-checked" title="dom-command-checked"><code>checked</code></dfn>, and <dfn id="dom-command-radiogroup" title="dom-command-radiogroup"><code>radiogroup</code></dfn>  IDL attributes must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the respective content
  attributes of the same name.</p>

  <p>The element's <a href="content-models.html#activation-behavior">activation behavior</a> depends on the
  value of the <code title="attr-command-type"><a href="#attr-command-type">type</a></code> attribute
  of the element, as follows:</p>

  <dl class="switch"><dt>If the <code title="attr-command-type"><a href="#attr-command-type">type</a></code> attribute is
   in the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-checkbox" title="attr-command-type-state-checkbox">Checkbox</a> state</dt>

   <dd><p>If the element has a <code title="attr-command-checked"><a href="#attr-command-checked">checked</a></code> attribute, the UA must
   remove that attribute. Otherwise, the UA must add a <code title="attr-command-checked"><a href="#attr-command-checked">checked</a></code> attribute, with the
   literal value <code title="">checked</code>. The UA must then
   <a href="webappapis.html#fire-a-click-event">fire a <code title="event-click">click</code> event</a> at the
   element.</p></dd>


   <dt>If the <code title="attr-command-type"><a href="#attr-command-type">type</a></code> attribute is
   in the <a href="#attr-command-type-state-radio" title="attr-command-type-state-radio">Radio</a> state</dt>

   <dd><p>If the element has a parent, then the UA must walk the list
   of child nodes of that parent element, and for each node that is a
   <code><a href="#the-command-element">command</a></code> element, if that element has a <code title="attr-command-radiogroup"><a href="#attr-command-radiogroup">radiogroup</a></code> attribute whose
   value exactly matches the current element's (treating missing <code title="attr-command-radiogroup"><a href="#attr-command-radiogroup">radiogroup</a></code> attributes as if
   they were the empty string), and has a <code title="attr-command-checked"><a href="#attr-command-checked">checked</a></code> attribute, must remove
   that attribute.</p>

   <p>Then, the element's <code title="attr-command-checked"><a href="#attr-command-checked">checked</a></code> attribute attribute
   must be set to the literal value <code title="">checked</code> and
   the user agent must <a href="webappapis.html#fire-a-click-event">fire a <code title="event-click">click</code>
   event</a> at the element.</p></dd>


   <dt>Otherwise</dt>

   <dd><p>The element has no <a href="content-models.html#activation-behavior">activation behavior</a>.</p></dd>

  </dl><p class="note">Firing a synthetic <code title="event-click"><a href="infrastructure.html#event-click">click</a></code> event at the element does not cause
  any of the actions described above to happen.</p>

  
  </div><p class="note"><code><a href="#the-command-element">command</a></code> elements are not rendered
  unless they <a href="#the-menu-element" title="menu">form part of a menu</a>.</p><div class="example">

   <p>Here is an example of a toolbar with three buttons that let the
   user toggle between left, center, and right alignment. One could
   imagine such a toolbar as part of a text editor. The toolbar also
   has a separator followed by another button labeled "Publish",
   though that button is disabled.</p>

   <pre>&lt;menu type="toolbar"&gt;
 &lt;command type="radio" radiogroup="alignment" checked="checked"
          label="Left" icon="icons/alL.png" onclick="setAlign('left')"&gt;
 &lt;command type="radio" radiogroup="alignment"
          label="Center" icon="icons/alC.png" onclick="setAlign('center')"&gt;
 &lt;command type="radio" radiogroup="alignment"
          label="Right" icon="icons/alR.png" onclick="setAlign('right')"&gt;
 &lt;hr&gt;
 &lt;command type="command" disabled
          label="Publish" icon="icons/pub.png" onclick="publish()"&gt;
&lt;/menu&gt;</pre>

  </div><h4 id="the-menu-element"><span class="secno">4.11.4 </span>The <dfn id="menus"><code>menu</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
   <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
   <dd>If the element's <code title="attr-menu-type"><a href="#attr-menu-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#toolbar-state" title="toolbar state">toolbar</a> state: <a href="content-models.html#interactive-content">Interactive content</a>.</dd>
   <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
   <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#flow-content">flow content</a> is expected.</dd>
   <dt>Content model:</dt>
   <dd>Either: Zero or more <code><a href="grouping-content.html#the-li-element">li</a></code> elements.</dd>
   <dd>Or: <a href="content-models.html#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
   <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
   <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-menu-type"><a href="#attr-menu-type">type</a></code></dd>
   <dd><code title="attr-menu-label"><a href="#attr-menu-label">label</a></code></dd>
   <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
   <dd>
<pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlmenuelement">HTMLMenuElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {
           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-menu-type" title="dom-menu-type">type</a>;
           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-menu-label" title="dom-menu-label">label</a>;
};</pre>
  </dd></dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element represents a list of commands.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-menu-type" title="attr-menu-type"><code>type</code></dfn> attribute
  is an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#enumerated-attribute">enumerated attribute</a> indicating the kind of menu
  being declared. The attribute has three states. The <code title="attr-menu-type-context">context</code> keyword maps to the
  <dfn id="context-menu-state" title="context menu state">context menu</dfn> state, in which
  the element is declaring a context menu. The <code title="attr-menu-type-toolbar">toolbar</code> keyword maps to the
  <dfn id="toolbar-state" title="toolbar state">toolbar</dfn> state, in which the
  element is declaring a toolbar. The attribute may also be
  omitted. The <i>missing value default</i> is the <dfn id="list-state" title="list
  state">list</dfn> state, which indicates that the element is merely
  a list of commands that is neither declaring a context menu nor
  defining a toolbar.</p><p>If a <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element's <code title="attr-menu-type"><a href="#attr-menu-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#context-menu-state" title="context menu state">context menu</a> state, then the
  element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> the commands of a context menu, and
  the user can only interact with the commands if that context menu is
  activated.</p><p>If a <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element's <code title="attr-menu-type"><a href="#attr-menu-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#toolbar-state" title="toolbar state">toolbar</a> state, then the element
  <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a list of active commands that the user can
  immediately interact with.</p><p>If a <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element's <code title="attr-menu-type"><a href="#attr-menu-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#list-state" title="list state">list</a> state, then the element either
  <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> an unordered list of items (each represented
  by an <code><a href="grouping-content.html#the-li-element">li</a></code> element), each of which represents a command
  that the user can perform or activate, or, if the element has no
  <code><a href="grouping-content.html#the-li-element">li</a></code> element children, <a href="content-models.html#flow-content">flow content</a>
  describing available commands.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-menu-label" title="attr-menu-label"><code>label</code></dfn>
  attribute gives the label of the menu. It is used by user agents to
  display nested menus in the UI. For example, a context menu
  containing another menu would use the nested menu's <code title="attr-menu-label"><a href="#attr-menu-label">label</a></code> attribute for the submenu's
  menu label.</p><div class="impl">

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-menu-type" title="dom-menu-type"><code>type</code></dfn> and <dfn id="dom-menu-label" title="dom-menu-label"><code>label</code></dfn> IDL attributes must
  <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the respective content attributes of the same
  name.</p>

  </div><h5 id="menus-intro"><span class="secno">4.11.4.1 </span>Introduction</h5><p><i>This section is non-normative.</i></p><p>The <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element is used to define context menus and
  toolbars.</p><p>For example, the following represents a toolbar with three menu
  buttons on it, each of which has a dropdown menu with a series of
  options:</p><pre>&lt;menu type="toolbar"&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;
  &lt;menu label="File"&gt;
   &lt;button type="button" onclick="fnew()"&gt;New...&lt;/button&gt;
   &lt;button type="button" onclick="fopen()"&gt;Open...&lt;/button&gt;
   &lt;button type="button" onclick="fsave()"&gt;Save&lt;/button&gt;
   &lt;button type="button" onclick="fsaveas()"&gt;Save as...&lt;/button&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;
  &lt;menu label="Edit"&gt;
   &lt;button type="button" onclick="ecopy()"&gt;Copy&lt;/button&gt;
   &lt;button type="button" onclick="ecut()"&gt;Cut&lt;/button&gt;
   &lt;button type="button" onclick="epaste()"&gt;Paste&lt;/button&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;
  &lt;menu label="Help"&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="help.html"&gt;Help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="about.html"&gt;About&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/menu&gt;</pre><p>In a supporting user agent, this might look like this:</p><p><img alt="A toolbar with three buttons, labeled 'File', 'Edit', and 'Help'; where if you select the 'Edit' button you get a drop-down menu with three more options, 'Copy', 'Cut', and 'Paste'." height="101" src="sample-toolbar-1.png" width="303"></p><p>In a legacy user agent, the above would look like a bulleted list
  with three items, the first of which has four buttons, the second of
  which has three, and the third of which has two nested bullet points
  with two items consisting of links.</p><hr><p>The following implements a similar toolbar, with a single button
  whose values, when selected, redirect the user to Web sites.</p><pre>&lt;form action="redirect.cgi"&gt;
 &lt;menu type="toolbar"&gt;
  &lt;label for="goto"&gt;Go to...&lt;/label&gt;
  &lt;menu label="Go"&gt;
   &lt;select id="goto"&gt;
    &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt; Select site: &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="http://www.apple.com/"&gt; Apple &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="http://www.mozilla.org/"&gt; Mozilla &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="http://www.opera.com/"&gt; Opera &lt;/option&gt;
   &lt;/select&gt;
   &lt;span&gt;&lt;input type="submit" value="Go"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;
 &lt;/menu&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;</pre><p>The behavior in supporting user agents is similar to the example
  above, but here the legacy behavior consists of a single
  <code><a href="the-button-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element with a submit button. The submit button
  doesn't appear in the toolbar, because it is not a direct child of
  the <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element or of its <code><a href="grouping-content.html#the-li-element">li</a></code>
  children.</p><div class="impl">

  <h5 id="building-menus-and-toolbars"><span class="secno">4.11.4.2 </span><dfn>Building menus and toolbars</dfn></h5>

  <p>A menu (or toolbar) consists of a list of zero or more of the
  following components:</p>

  <ul class="brief"><li><a href="commands.html#concept-command" title="concept-command">Commands</a>, which can be marked as default commands</li>
   <li>Separators</li>
   <li>Other menus (which allows the list to be nested)</li>
  </ul><p>The list corresponding to a particular <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element
  is built by iterating over its child nodes. For each child node in
  <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order">tree order</a>, the required behavior depends on what the
  node is, as follows:</p>

  <dl class="switch"><dt>An element that <a href="commands.html#concept-command" title="concept-command">defines a command</a></dt>

   <dd>Append the command to the menu, respecting its <a href="commands.html#concept-facet" title="concept-facet">facets</a>. </dd>


   <dt>An <code><a href="grouping-content.html#the-hr-element">hr</a></code> element</dt>
   <dt>An <code><a href="the-button-element.html#the-option-element">option</a></code> element that has a <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="the-button-element.html#attr-option-value">value</a></code> attribute set to the empty
   string, and has a <code title="attr-option-disabled"><a href="the-button-element.html#attr-option-disabled">disabled</a></code> attribute, and whose
   <code><a href="infrastructure.html#textcontent">textContent</a></code> consists of a string of one or more
   hyphens (U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS)</dt>

   <dd>Append a separator to the menu.</dd>


   <dt>An <code><a href="grouping-content.html#the-li-element">li</a></code> element</dt>
   <dt>A <code><a href="forms.html#the-label-element">label</a></code> element</dt>

   <dd>Iterate over the children of the element.</dd>


   <dt>A <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element with no <code title="attr-menu-label"><a href="#attr-menu-label">label</a></code> attribute</dt>
   <dt>A <code><a href="the-button-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element</dt>

   <dd>Append a separator to the menu, then iterate over the children
   of the <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> or <code><a href="the-button-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element, then
   append another separator.</dd>

   


   <dt>A <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element with a <code title="attr-menu-label"><a href="#attr-menu-label">label</a></code> attribute</dt>
   <dt>An <code><a href="the-button-element.html#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element with a <code title="attr-menu-label"><a href="#attr-menu-label">label</a></code> attribute</dt>

   <dd>Append a submenu to the menu, using the value of the element's
   <code title="">label</code> attribute as the label of the menu. The
   submenu must be constructed by taking the element and creating a
   new menu for it using the complete process described in this
   section.</dd>


   <dt>Any other node</dt>

   <dd><a href="infrastructure.html#ignore">Ignore</a> the node.</dd>

  </dl><p>Once all the nodes have been processed as described above, the
  user agent must the post-process the menu as follows:</p>

  <ol><li>Except for separators, any menu item with no label, or whose
   label is the empty string, must be removed.</li>

   <li>Any sequence of two or more separators in a row must be
   collapsed to a single separator.</li>

   <li>Any separator at the start or end of the menu must be
   removed.</li>

  </ol></div><h5 id="context-menus"><span class="secno">4.11.4.3 </span><dfn>Context menus</dfn></h5><p>The <dfn id="attr-contextmenu" title="attr-contextmenu"><code>contextmenu</code></dfn>
  attribute gives the element's <a href="#context-menus" title="context menus">context
  menu</a>. The value must be the <a href="elements.html#concept-id" title="concept-id">ID</a> of a <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element
  in the DOM. <span class="impl">If the node that would be obtained by
  the invoking the <code title="dom-Document-getElementById"><a href="infrastructure.html#dom-document-getelementbyid">getElementById()</a></code> method
  using the attribute's value as the only argument is null or not a
  <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element, then the element has no assigned context
  menu. Otherwise, the element's assigned context menu is the element
  so identified.</span></p><div class="impl">

  <p>When an element's context menu is requested (e.g. by the user
  right-clicking the element, or pressing a context menu key), the
  user agent must apply the appropriate rules from the following
  list:</p>

  <dl class="switch"><dt>If the user requested a context menu using a pointing device</dt>

   <dd><p>The user agent must dispatch an event with the name <code title="event-contextmenu">contextmenu</code>, that bubbles and is
   cancelable, and that uses the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#mouseevent">MouseEvent</a></code> interface, at
   the element for which the menu was requested. The context
   information of the event must be set to the same values as the last
   <code><a href="infrastructure.html#mouseevent">MouseEvent</a></code> user interaction event that was dispatched
   as part of the gesture that that was interpreted as a request for
   the context menu.</p></dd>

   <dt>Otherwise</dt>

   <dd><p>The user agent must <a href="webappapis.html#fire-a-synthetic-mouse-event" title="fire a synthetic mouse
   event">fire a synthetic mouse event named <code title="event-contextmenu">contextmenu</code></a> that bubbles
   and is cancelable at the element for which the menu was
   requested.</p></dd>

  </dl><p class="note">Typically, therefore, the firing of the <code title="event-contextmenu">contextmenu</code> event will be the
  default action of a <code title="mouseup">mouseup</code> or <code title="event-keyup">keyup</code> event. The exact sequence of events
  is UA-dependent, as it will vary based on platform conventions.</p>

  <p>The default action of the <code title="event-contextmenu">contextmenu</code> event depends on
  whether the element or one of its ancestors has a context menu
  assigned (using the <code title="attr-contextmenu"><a href="#attr-contextmenu">contextmenu</a></code> attribute) or not. If
  there is no context menu assigned, the default action must be for
  the user agent to show its default context menu, if it has one.</p>

  <p>If the element or one of its ancestors <em>does</em> have a
  context menu assigned, then the user agent must <a href="webappapis.html#fire-a-simple-event">fire a simple
  event</a> named <code title="event-show">show</code> at the
  <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element of the context menu of the nearest
  ancestor (including the element itself) with one assigned.</p>
  

  <p>The default action of <em>this</em> event is that the user agent
  must show a context menu <a href="#building-menus-and-toolbars" title="building menus and
  toolbars">built</a> from the <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element.</p>

  <p>The user agent may also provide access to its default context
  menu, if any, with the context menu shown. For example, it could
  merge the menu items from the two menus together, or provide the
  page's context menu as a submenu of the default menu.</p>

  <p>If the user dismisses the menu without making a selection,
  nothing in particular happens.</p>

  <p>If the user selects a menu item that represents a <a href="commands.html#concept-command" title="concept-command">command</a>, then the UA must invoke
  that command's <a href="commands.html#command-facet-action" title="command-facet-Action">Action</a>.</p>

  <p>Context menus must not, while being shown, reflect changes in the
  DOM; they are constructed as the default action of the <code title="event-show">show</code> event and must remain as constructed
  until dismissed.</p>

  <p>User agents may provide means for bypassing the context menu
  processing model, ensuring that the user can always access the UA's
  default context menus. For example, the user agent could handle
  right-clicks that have the Shift key depressed in such a way that it
  does not fire the <code title="event-contextmenu">contextmenu</code>
  event and instead always shows the default context menu.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-contextmenu" title="dom-contextMenu"><code>contextMenu</code></dfn>
  IDL attribute must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the <code title="attr-contextmenu"><a href="#attr-contextmenu">contextmenu</a></code> content attribute.</p>

  </div><div class="example">

   <p>Here is an example of a context menu for an input control:</p>

   <pre>&lt;form name="npc"&gt;
 &lt;label&gt;Character name: &lt;input name=char type=text contextmenu=namemenu required&gt;&lt;/label&gt;
 &lt;menu type=context id=namemenu&gt;
  &lt;command label="Pick random name" onclick="document.forms.npc.elements.char.value = getRandomName()"&gt;
  &lt;command label="Prefill other fields based on name" onclick="prefillFields(document.forms.npc.elements.char.value)"&gt;
 &lt;/menu&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;</pre>

   <p>This adds two items to the control's context menu, one called
   "Pick random name", and one called "Prefill other fields based on
   name". They invoke scripts that are not shown in the example
   above.</p>

  </div><div class="impl">

  <h5 id="toolbars"><span class="secno">4.11.4.4 </span><dfn>Toolbars</dfn></h5>

  <p>When a <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element has a <code title="attr-menu-type"><a href="#attr-menu-type">type</a></code> attribute in the <a href="#toolbar-state" title="toolbar state">toolbar</a> state, then the user agent
  must <a href="#building-menus-and-toolbars" title="building menus and toolbars">build</a> the
  menu for that <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code> element, and use the result in the
  rendering.</p>

  <p>The user agent must reflect changes made to the
  <code><a href="#the-menu-element">menu</a></code>'s DOM, by immediately <a href="#building-menus-and-toolbars" title="building menus
  and toolbars">rebuilding</a> the menu.</p>

  </div></body></html>