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Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsWordPress current page color
.current-menu-item > a {
color:red;
background: red;
}
Doesnt work.. why, why why, everything other works, but this doesnt.
Do i need to provide more code?
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsThank you. Kevin told me about it a bit faster : p
1 Answer
Kevin Korte
28,148 PointsHey Konrad,
We talked about this off of treehouse. You should update your this with what you learned. That way it might help someone else in the future
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsThe menu or the anchor was overwriten with other styles that were higher than this here.
As there are different types of points like:
style atribute = 1000 id attribute = 100 class attribute = 10 element attribute = 1 !important = instantly win and overwrites.
These points shows in dev tools in css, and they add up.
I could use !important, that would overwrite the whole other styles that were aplied to teh anchor(a) , but i had to be a lot more specifict to do this.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsJason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Konrad,
Have you checked in your browsers dev tools if the "current-menu-item" class is being assigned to the correct element? And have you checked if there is another more specific selector that is overriding the selector you have?