Menu Lists
The menu list is yet another specialized form of the unordered
list. Like <dir>, it is
deprecated in the HTML 4 and XHTML standards, so we don't recommend
using it.[<ul>,
7.1.1]
The <menu> Tag (Deprecated)
The <menu> tag
displays a list of short choices to the reader, such as a menu of
links to other documents. The browser may use a special (typically
more compact) representation of items in a menu list compared with the
general unordered list, or even use some sort of graphical pull-down
menu to implement the menu list. If the list items are short enough,
the browser may even display them in a multicolumn format and may not
precede each list item with a bullet.
Like an unordered list, define the menu list items with the
<li> tag. When used within a
menu list, however, the <li>
tag may not contain any block elements, including paragraphs, other
lists, preformatted text, or forms.
Compare the following source text and display (Figure 7-10) with the directory (Figure 7-9) and unordered (Figure 7-1) list displays presented earlier in the chapter:
Some popular kumquat recipes include: <menu> <li>Pickled Kumquats</li> <li>'Quats and 'Kraut (a holiday favorite!)</li> <li>'Quatshakes</li> </menu> There are many more to please every palate!

Figure 7-10. Sample <menu> list