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## XML Format Template

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.

#### Basic

          <?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>

#### Advanced

          <?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>

#### Full

          <?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>