This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLMenuElement interface provides additional properties (beyond those inherited from the HTMLElement interface) for manipulating a <menu> element. <menu> is a semantic alternative to the <ul> element.
Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement, and its ancestors.
A boolean determining if the menu displays compactly.
Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement, and its ancestors.
HTMLMenuElement doesn't implement specific methods.
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # htmlmenuelement> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
HTMLMenuElement |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
compact |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMenuElement