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# YUI Library Examples: Menu Family: Multi-tiered Menu From Markup

# Menu Family: Multi-tiered Menu From Markup

This example demonstrates how to create a multi-tiered menu using existing markup on the page.

Note: By default clicking outside of a Menu instance will hide it. Additionally, MenuItem instances without a submenu or a URL to navigate to will hide their parent Menu instance when clicked. Click the "Show Menu" button below to make the Menu instance visible if it is hidden.

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- Communication
  - 360°
  - Alerts
  - Avatars
  - Groups
  - Internet Access
  - PIM
    - Yahoo! Mail
    - Yahoo! Address Book
    - Yahoo! Calendar
    - Yahoo! Notepad
  - Member Directory
  - Messenger
  - Mobile
  - Flickr Photo Sharing
- Shopping
  - Auctions
  - Autos
  - Classifieds
  - Flowers & Gifts
  - Real Estate
  - Travel
  - Wallet
  - Yellow Pages
- Entertainment
  - Fantasy Sports
  - Games
  - Kids
  - Music
  - Movies
  - Radio
  - Travel
  - TV
- Information
  - Downloads
  - Finance
  - Health
  - Local
  - Maps & Directions
  - My Yahoo!
  - News
  - Search
  - Small Business
  - Weather

## Creating a Menu with submenus from existing markup

The markup for a Menu control follows that of YAHOO.widget.Module, with its body element (`<div class="bd">`) containing a list element (`<ul>`).

Each item in a Menu is represented by a list item element (`<li class="yuimenuitem">`), each of which has a label (`<a class="yuimenuitemlabel">`) that can contain plain text or HTML.

In addition to a label, each MenuItem instance can also contain a submenu. To add a submenu via markup, simply nest the Menu markup inside the (`<li class="yuimenuitem">`) element representing a MenuItem instance.

<div id="productsandservices" class="yuimenu"> <div class="bd"> <ul class="first-of-type"> <li class="yuimenuitem"> <a class="yuimenuitemlabel" href="#communication"> Communication </a> <!-- A submenu --> <div id="communication" class="yuimenu"> <div class="bd"> <ul> <!-- Items for the submenu go here --> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="yuimenuitem"> <a class="yuimenuitemlabel" href="http://shopping.yahoo.com"> Shopping </a> <!-- A submenu --> <div id="shopping" class="yuimenu"> <div class="bd"> <ul> <!-- Items for the submenu go here --> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="yuimenuitem"> <a class="yuimenuitemlabel" href="http://entertainment.yahoo.com"> Entertainment </a> <!-- A submenu --> <div id="entertainment" class="yuimenu"> <div class="bd"> <ul> <!-- Items for the submenu go here --> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="yuimenuitem"> <a class="yuimenuitemlabel" href="#information"> Information </a> <!-- A submenu --> <div id="information" class="yuimenu"> <div class="bd"> <ul> <!-- Items for the submenu go here --> </ul> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>

To instantiate a Menu hierarchy based on existing HTML, pass the id of its corresponding root HTML element (in this case "productsandservices") to the Menu constructor (`YAHOO.widget.Menu`) then call the `render` method with no arguments. There is no need to instantiate and render submenus; as a convenience all submenus are automatically instantiated and rendered with the root Menu.

/* Instantiate the menu and corresponding submenus. The first argument passed to the constructor is the id of the element in the DOM that represents the menu; the second is an object literal representing a set of configuration properties for the menu. */ var oMenu = new YAHOO.widget.Menu("productsandservices", { fixedcenter: true }); /* Call the "render" method with no arguments since the markup for this Menu instance is already exists in the page. */ oMenu.render();

## Configuration for This Example

You can load the necessary JavaScript and CSS for this example from Yahoo's servers. Click here to load the YUI Dependency Configurator with all of this example's dependencies preconfigured.

### Menu Family Examples:

- Basic Menu From Markup
- Basic Menu From JavaScript
- Grouped Menu Items Using Markup
- Grouped Menu Items Using JavaScript
- Grouped Menu Items With Titles From Markup
- Grouped Menu Items With Titles From JavaScript
- Multi-tiered Menu From Markup
- Multi-tiered Menu From JavaScript
- Handling Menu Click Events
- Listening For Menu Events
- MenuItem Configuration Properties
- Setting Menu Configuration Properties At Runtime
- Website Left Nav With Submenus Built From Markup
- Website Left Nav With Submenus From JavaScript
- Website Top Nav With Submenus Built From Markup
- Website Top Nav With Submenus From JavaScript
- Website Left Nav Using Animation With Submenus Built From Markup
- Website Left Nav Using Animation With Submenus From JavaScript
- Website Top Nav Using Animation With Submenus Built From Markup
- Website Top Nav Using Animation With Submenus From JavaScript
- Context Menu
- Adding A Context Menu To A Table
- Adding A Context Menu To A TreeView
- OS-Style Programs Menu
- Application Menubar
- Using the Menu ARIA Plugin
- Replacing the content of a Button's Menu (included with examples for Button Control)
- Using A Menu Button To Replace A <select> Element (included with examples for Button Control)
- Using the Button ARIA Plugin (included with examples for Button Control)
- Context Menu Integration (included with examples for DataTable Control)
- Menu Buttons (included with examples for Button Control)
- Split Buttons (included with examples for Button Control)
- Color Picker Button (included with examples for Button Control)
- Fixed Width Menu Button (included with examples for Button Control)
- Slider Button (included with examples for Button Control)
- Layout with Menu Controls (included with examples for Layout Manager)
- Using the ProfilerViewer API while Profiling the YUI Menu Control (included with examples for ProfilerViewer Control)

### More Menu Family Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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