Title: Remove background on hover for menu item
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Remove background on hover for menu item

 *  [pipedragon72](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pipedragon72/)
 * (@pipedragon72)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-on-hover/)
 * i’m really struggling to remove the background for the menu items when they are
   hovered over. i had to go into the core css style sheet rather than use my child
   theme and it seemed to work. however i’ve just updated the responsive theme and
   it’s lost and when i go to do the same thing again it doesn’t work. i thought
   it was this part of the stylesheet:
 *     ```
       .menu a:hover {
       	background-color: #808080;
       	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#808080), to(#363636));
       	background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #808080, #363636);
       	background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #808080, #363636);
       	background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #808080, #363636);
       	background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #808080, #363636);
       	background-image: linear-gradient(top, #808080, #363636);
       	color: #ffffff;
       	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#808080, endColorstr=#363636);
       }
       ```
   
 * but it doesn’t seem to do anything if i change it. any advice much appreciated,
   probably something really simple but have tried all i can think of!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-on-hover/#post-4887418)
 * As per the theme developer’s request, please post in the theme’s dedicated forum:
   [http://cyberchimps.com/forum/free/responsive/](http://cyberchimps.com/forum/free/responsive/)
 *  Thread Starter [pipedragon72](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pipedragon72/)
 * (@pipedragon72)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-on-hover/#post-4887419)
 * sorry didn’t see that, thanks for the link.

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