14. menu
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## 14. menu

    <menu
      label = non empty token
      name = NMTOKEN
      insert = non empty token
    >
      Content: [ menu | separator | item | insert ]*
    </menu>

    <separator />

    <insert />

    <item
      label = non empty token
      icon = anyURI
      command = NMTOKEN
      parameter = string
    >
      Content: [ accelerator ]?
    </item>

    <accelerator
      code = key code
      modifiers = possibly empty list of (ctrl|shift|alt|meta|altGr|mod)
    />

Specifies the label and content of the XML (placeholder) menu.

Note that the mnemonic of a menu or of a menu item is specified by adding an underscore ('`_`') before the character used as a mnemonic. Currently, only `a-zA-Z0-1` characters can be used as mnemonics. Moreover, Java™ does not make a difference between an uppercase letter and a lowercase letter.

Example:

      <menu label="_XHTML">
        ...
        <menu label="C_ell">
          <item label="_Increment Column Span"
                icon="../common/icons2/incrColumnSpan.gif"
                command="xhtml.tableEdit" parameter="incrColumnSpan"/>
          <item label="_Decrement Column Span"
                icon="../common/icons2/decrColumnSpan.gif"
                command="xhtml.tableEdit" parameter="decrColumnSpan"/>
          ...
        </menu>
        <separator />
        <item label="_Go to Opposite Link End"
              command="xhtml.crossReference" parameter="swap"/>
        ...
        <separator />
        <item label="Pre_view" icon="../common/icons/Refresh16.gif"
              command="xhtml.preview">
          <accelerator code="F5" />
        </item>
      </menu>

There are two ways to extend previously defined menu:

1. By using the `insert` child element.

2. By using the `insert` attribute.

Both methods cannot be used in the same `menu` element. Method 1 is faster and simpler to use than method 2.

1. Using the `insert` child element. Example:

       <include location="../common/common.incl" />
       <!-- ==============================================
       Let's suppose this menu is defined in common.incl:

       <cfg:menu label="Insert">
         <cfg:item label="Insert..." command="insert" parameter="into" />
       </cfg:menu>
       =============================================== -->

       <cfg:menu label="Insert">
         <cfg:item label="Insert Before..." command="insert"
            parameter="before[implicitElement]" />
         <cfg:insert />
         <cfg:item label="Insert After..." command="insert"
           parameter="after[implicitElement]" />
       </cfg:menu>

   The `insert` child element is a directive which means: insert all the items of the previous definition of the same menu here.

2. Using the `insert` attribute. Example:

       <include location="../common/common.incl" />
       <!-- ==============================================
       Let's suppose this menu is defined in common.incl:

       <cfg:menu label="Insert">
         <cfg:item label="Insert Before..." command="insert"
            parameter="before[implicitElement]" />
         <cfg:item label="Insert After..." command="insert"
           parameter="after[implicitElement]" />
       </cfg:menu>
       =============================================== -->

       <cfg:menu label="Insert" insert="Insert After...">
         <cfg:item label="Insert..." command="insert" parameter="into" />
       </cfg:menu>

   The `insert` attribute is a directive which means: insert all the items found in this menu into the previous definition of the same menu, and this, at specified position.

   The value of the `insert` attribute is the `label` of an `item` found in the previous definition of the same menu. This label may be preceded by modifier "`before` " or by modifier "`after` ". Modifier "`before` " is the implicit one.

   In the above example, extending menu "`Insert`" could have also been achieved by using:

       <cfg:menu label="Insert" insert="before Insert After...">
         <cfg:item label="Insert..." command="insert" parameter="into" />
       </cfg:menu>

   or by using:

       <cfg:menu label="Insert" insert="after Insert Before...">
         <cfg:item label="Insert..." command="insert" parameter="into" />
       </cfg:menu>

   Alternatively, the value of the `insert` attribute may be `##first` or `##last`. Value `##first` specifies the first item of the previous definition of the same menu. Value `##last` specifies the last item of the previous definition of the same menu. Example:

       <cfg:menu label="Insert" insert="before ##last">
         <cfg:item label="Insert..." command="insert" parameter="into" />
       </cfg:menu>

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