Title: current menu item problem
Last modified: February 4, 2017

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# current menu item problem

 *  [losrack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos-jaramillo/)
 * (@carlos-jaramillo)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-problem/)
 * Hi,
 * I just started this web today, and having trouble with the current menu item 
   color … I know I am targeting it right because it shows the underline decoration.
 * But is the color: that is not changing.
 * Please help!
 * Thanks
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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-problem/#post-8736781)
 * you are already setting specific colors per menu item link, forced with `!important`;
 * your currently used style does not overwrite that; and is alos only styling the
   html list tag, not the link …
 * you might need to try something like this per current menu item:
 *     ```
       ul.menu li#menu-item-8.current-menu-item > a
       {
         color: pink!important;
       }
       ```
   
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-problem/#post-8737091)
 * ps:
    basically, start by removing the `!important` from the CSS for the individual
   menu items;
 * then style the current menu item link; for example with:
 *     ```
       #site-navigation li.current-menu-item a {
       	color: red;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [losrack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos-jaramillo/)
 * (@carlos-jaramillo)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-problem/#post-8737993)
 * Hi alchymyth
 * I finally styled the general navigation, not the individual items, as I had it
   initially.
 * And finally worked with this:
 *     ```
       ul#menu-principal  li.current-menu-item a {
       	color: red !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * Thanks

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 * Last reply from: [losrack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos-jaramillo/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-problem/#post-8737993)
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