HTML <menu> label Attribute

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

The HTML <menu> label Attribute is used to specify a text value that indicates the visible label name of the menu element Although, this attribute is also used to specify the name of the menu items inside the menu.

Syntax:

<menu label="text">

Note: This attribute has been deprecated and is no longer used.

Attribute Values

text: It contains a single value that defines the name of the label of the menu

Example: Below code illustrates the use of label attribute with the <menu> tag. ;

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color: green;">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </h1>

        <h2>HTML &lt;menu&gt; label Attribute</h2>

        <div style="background:green;
            border:2px solid black;
            padding: 10px;" contextmenu="geeks">


            
<p>A Computer Science Portal for Geeks</p>



            <menu type="context" id="geeks">
                <menu label="Share on...">
                    <menuitem label="Twitter" onclick=
                    "window.open('//twitter.com/intent/tweet?text='
                    + window.location.href);">
                    </menuitem>
                    <menuitem label="Pinterest" onclick="window.open(
                        'http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=' + 
                        window.location.href);">
                    </menuitem>
                </menu>

                <menuitem label="Email This Page" 
                    onclick="window.location='mailto:?body='
                    + window.location.href;">
                </menuitem>
            </menu>
        </div>
        
<p>A Computer Science Portal for Geeks</p>

        <hr>
        
<p>Right click on green div and see the menuitem
    </center>
</body>

</html>