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Posted by Rebecca Jensen
Rebecca Jensen
11,580 Points

How do I target 'hovering the current menu item link'?

This video addresses how to make the Bootstrap hover style work again (make the background #000), but the bug is that when you hover over the current menu item, it doesn't show the correct style (background changes to gray, instead of staying black).

How should I target the current-menu-item link while hovering? I've tried .current-menu-item > a:hover and some other things, with no success.

3 Answers

Marko Rapaic
Marko Rapaic
13,871 Points
Marko Rapaic
Marko Rapaic
13,871 Points

Hi Rebecca,

I believe it would look like this:

.current-menu-item a:hover {
    /* insert current menu item styles here */
}
Luke Bailey
Luke Bailey
3,343 Points
Luke Bailey
Luke Bailey
3,343 Points

Hi Rebecca and Marko,

I had a moment of confusion over this also. It's a very simple answer and solution, but one that could be easily overlooked. Because you're still using the .current-menu-item you won't see any changes. This selector only affects the current menu item - we want to select any menu item when hovered.

This is the correct code to use:

.menu-item:hover {
    background:#000;
}
Marko Rapaic
Marko Rapaic
13,871 Points

Thanks for responding Luke, I believe the code you've provided would target the hover states of ALL menu items; not the current menu item specifically, which is what I believe Rebecca was trying to target.

Sanjeev Veloo
Sanjeev Veloo
4,713 Points
Sanjeev Veloo
Sanjeev Veloo
4,713 Points

Thanks Luke! That worked just fine :)