This section is created in order to give the user the idea of XML Format Template. It aims at helping users in creating XML files for dhtmlxMenu initialization.

      <?xml version="1.0"?>
      <menu> // a top xml tag, mandatory
          <item id="file" text="File"> // a top-level item, each item must have a unique ID
              <item id="new" text="New"/> // a sub-level item
              <item id="ms1" type="separator"/> // a sub-level separator item
              ...
              <item id="export" text="Export">
                  <item id="export_pdf" text="PDF"/> // a sub-level item
                  ...
              </item>
              ...
          </item>
      </menu>

      <?xml version="1.0"?>
      <menu>
          <item id="file" text="File">
              <item id="new" text="New" img="new.gif" imgdis="new_dis.gif"/> // a sub-level item with images for enabled/disabled states
              <item id="ms1" type="separator"/>
              ...
              <item id="export" text="Export">
                  <item id="export_pdf" text="PDF" enabled="false"/> // a sub-level item disabled by default
                  ...
              </item>
              ...
          </item>
      </menu>

      <?xml version="1.0"?>
      <menu>
          <item id="file" text="File">
              <item id="new" text="New" img="new.gif" imgdis="new_dis.gif">
                  <hotkey>Ctrl+N</hotkey> // a hotkey (just a text) to a menu item
              </item>
              <item id="ms1" type="separator"/>
              <item id="udf" text="UDF">
                  <userdata name="align">left</userdata> // userdata
              </item>
              ...
              <item id="export" text="Export">
                  <item id="export_pdf" text="PDF" enabled="false"/>
                  ...
              </item>
              ...
              <item id="eol" text="End Of Line">
                  <item id="eol_u" text="Unix (\n)" type="radio" group="eol" checked="true"/> // a radiobutton, group "eol", checked by default
                  <item id="eol_w" text="DOS/Windows (\r\n)" type="radio" group="eol"/> // a radiobutton, group "eol"
                  <item id="eol_m" text="MacOS (\r)" type="radio" group="eol"/> // a radiobutton, group "eol"
                  <item id="eol_m" text="MacOS (\r)" type="radio" group="eol"/> // a radiobutton, group "eol", disabled
                  // we got a radiogroup "eol" with 4 buttons, 1 disabled
              </item>
              <item id="ms2" type="separator"/>
              <item id="ignorecase" text="Ignore Case" type="checkbox" checked="true" enabled="false"/> // a disabled checked checkbox
              <item id="checkspelling" text="Check Spelling" type="checkbox"/> // an unchecked checkbox
          </item>
          <item id="company" text="Company">
              <href target="blank"><![CDATA[http://dhtmlx.com/docs/company.shtml]]></href>
              // link, page will opened in new window
          </item>
      </menu>