Title: CSS Multi-language Splitting
Last modified: July 9, 2020

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# CSS Multi-language Splitting

 *  [guildwebservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guildwebservices/)
 * (@guildwebservices)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-multi-language-splitting/)
 * Hello All,
 * I have a WordPress site that has the Polylang Mult-language plugin installed.
   My French version has many more Menu items than the English version. I have custom
   CSS that controls the menu styles; but when I change the CSS it changes BOTH 
   menus. The previous developer wrote the CSS for the menus “combined”.
 * For example:
 * #menu-main-menu-1, #menu-main-menu-french-1{
    padding: 0px 200px 0px 0px !important;}
 * #menu-main-menu-1 li, #menu-main-menu-french-1 li{
    margin-top: 0 !important;}
 * #menu-main-menu-1 > li,
    #menu-main-menu-french-1 > li{ padding-top: 20px; padding-
   right: 16px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 16px !important; }
 * My issue is:
 * Since there are MORE menu items in the French version, I need to make it a different
   size, padding, margins, etc..
 * So if I “split” the CSS like this:
 * /*English Menu*/
 * #menu-main-menu-1{
    padding: 0px 200px 0px 0px !important; }
 * #menu-main-menu-1 > li,{
    padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 16px; padding-bottom:
   20px; padding-left: 16px !important; }
 * /*French Menu*/
 * #menu-main-menu-french-1{
    padding: 0px 200px 0px 0px !important; }
 * #menu-main-menu-french-1 > li{
    padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 16px; padding-
   bottom: 20px; padding-left: 16px !important; }
 * Would that effect anything on my website?
 * Much Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-multi-language-splitting/)
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