Title: Active tab
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Active tab

 *  [pattonyu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pattonyu/)
 * (@pattonyu)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-tab/)
 * Hello,
    I’ve read a lot about active tab, but my knowledge of CSS is not so good.
   The problem is how to make active tab highlighted? Here is part of header.php:
 *     ```
       <ul id="nav">
       			<li><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>">Home</a></li>
       			<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=2&sort_column=menu_order'); ?>
       		</ul>
       ```
   
 * I don’t know how to modify that code, and what to apply in CSS. The rest of my
   navigation is OK

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-tab/#post-1290048)
 * Try editing your theme’s stylesheet and adding:
 * `#nav .current_page_item,#nav .current_page_parent,#nav .current_page_ancestor{
   background:#000;color:#fff;}`
 * and amend the colors to suit your theme.
 *  Thread Starter [pattonyu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pattonyu/)
 * (@pattonyu)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-tab/#post-1290186)
 * Thank you Esmi!
    It works, and do you know how to higlight “home” as active menu
   page? (I want “home” to be already highlighted, even before I click on it, when
   I run my-website.com)
 *  Thread Starter [pattonyu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pattonyu/)
 * (@pattonyu)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-tab/#post-1290261)
 * I figure out that “home” tab in my website is **static home page**. So the question
   is how to make static home page highlighted as ordinary active page in WP?

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 * Last reply from: [pattonyu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pattonyu/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-tab/#post-1290261)
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