Title: Customizing submenus
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Customizing submenus

 *  Resolved [angelebaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelebaby/)
 * (@angelebaby)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-submenus/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am trying to customize my submenus. My site is: [http://angelebaby.com](http://angelebaby.com).
 * I have a tw questions:
    - • How do I get rid of the blue background color when I hover over the links?
      Ideally I want them to look like they’re just floating, I don’t want to see
      the surrounding box.
 *  - • Is it possible to get rid of the downwards arrow next to the submenus? (
      like the down arrow next to Social and Places)
 * Thank you!
    Isabelle

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 *  Thread Starter [angelebaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelebaby/)
 * (@angelebaby)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-submenus/#post-6103616)
 * I have an additional question – is it possible to edit the “Read More” link as
   it shows up? Make it a different color, center it and change font size?
 * Thanks 🙂
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-submenus/#post-6103617)
 * Add this to the end of your child theme’s style.css file:
 *     ```
       @media screen and (min-width: 800px) {
          .site-navigation .page_item_has_children a:after,
          .site-navigation .menu-item-has-children a:after {
             content: none;
          }
   
          .site-navigation ul.menu ul a:hover,
          .site-navigation ul.menu ul a:focus,
          .site-navigation .menu ul ul a:hover,
          .site-navigation .menu ul ul a:focus {
             background-color: transparent;
          }
       }
       a.more-link {
          color: #ff0000;
          font-size: 16px;
          display: table;
          margin: 0 auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * The first rule inside the media query hides the down arrow in the menu.
 * The second rule inside the media query sets the menu item background to transparent
   instead of blue.
 * The last rule styles the Read More link. Adjust the color value & font size to
   your liking.
 *  Thread Starter [angelebaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelebaby/)
 * (@angelebaby)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-submenus/#post-6103627)
 * Perfect thank you!
 *  Thread Starter [angelebaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelebaby/)
 * (@angelebaby)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-submenus/#post-6103628)
 * Just marking as reolved 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [angelebaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelebaby/)
 * (@angelebaby)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-submenus/#post-6103629)
 * x

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 * Last reply from: [angelebaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelebaby/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-submenus/#post-6103629)
 * Status: resolved