Title: Dropdown menu padding doesnt work
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Dropdown menu padding doesnt work

 *  [jorpa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jorpa/)
 * (@jorpa)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-padding-doesnt-work/)
 * The menu is “Nationella prov” @ [http://laxhjalpstockholm.se/](http://laxhjalpstockholm.se/)
 * How come when I used this:
 * “_.top-navigation ul ul li:first-child:hover a {
    padding-top: 180px; } “ it 
   works.
 * But when i use :
 * _.top-navigation ul ul li:first-child a {
    padding-top: 180px; }  It doesnt work.
 * I want to change the padding in the dropdownmenu but i cant get it to work.
 * And i CAN use like, border-radius within
    .top-navigation ul ul li a { border-
   radius: 3px; }
 * I’m confused

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 *  [Bojan Radonic – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support4/)
 * (@wpmudev-support4)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-padding-doesnt-work/#post-6433890)
 * Hey there jorpa,
 * How are you doing today?
 * This happens because there is already defined padding-top property on that specific
   selector [http://screencast.com/t/f5JSEGZqXRS5](http://screencast.com/t/f5JSEGZqXRS5).
 * This also explains why you can add different property to the same selector and
   it works.
 * The easiest way to deal with this and override the existing code is simply adding
   more specificity to the selector you’re using.
 * So please try adding the following instead:
 *     ```
       #masthead .top-navigation ul ul li:first-child a {
           padding-top: 180px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Hope this helps and have a great weekend 🙂
 * Cheers,
    Bojan

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 * Last reply from: [Bojan Radonic – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support4/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-padding-doesnt-work/#post-6433890)
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