Title: Menu arrow color
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Menu arrow color

 *  [bradleysowash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradleysowash/)
 * (@bradleysowash)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve managed to re-code the coloring of the overall site for everything except
   the little arrows on the menu and the text color upon hover in the sub-menus.
   They are both blue and I need them to be the red color from my links. Please 
   advice. I’ve tried everything in the child theme…I don’t have the CSS right.
 * site: [http://www.bradleysowash.com](http://www.bradleysowash.com)

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 *  [stacyduval](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stacyduval/)
 * (@stacyduval)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/#post-5211871)
 * Try this:
 *     ```
       .nav li.dropdown > a:hover .caret {
           border-top-color: #782D2D;
           border-bottom-color: #782D2D;
       }
   
       .dropdown-menu > li > a:hover,
       .navbar .nav > li > a:focus {
          color:#782D2D;
       }
       ```
   
 * Cheers, Stacy
 *  Thread Starter [bradleysowash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradleysowash/)
 * (@bradleysowash)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/#post-5211968)
 * Hm…that didn’t change anything. Any other suggestions?
 *  [ElectricFeet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electricfeet/)
 * (@electricfeet)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/#post-5211991)
 * As an aside, I don’t know why, but your site is blank for me unless I enable 
   cookies. In general, I would just close the site in these situations. So you 
   may be losing visitors.
 * The problem is that the theme uses CSS with higher specificity. You need this:
 *     ```
       .navbar .nav li.dropdown > a:hover .caret,
       .navbar .nav li.dropdown > a:focus .caret,
       .nav .dropdown-toggle:hover .caret,
       .nav .dropdown-toggle:focus .caret,
       .navbar .nav > li.current-menu-item > a .caret,
       .navbar .nav li.current-menu-ancestor > a .caret,
       .navbar .nav li.dropdown.open > .dropdown-toggle .caret,
       .navbar .nav li.dropdown.current-menu-item > a .caret,
       .navbar .nav li.dropdown.current-menu-ancestor > a .caret,
       .navbar .nav li.dropdown.open.current-menu-ancestor > .dropdown-toggle .caret {
         border-top-color: #652626;
         border-bottom-color: #652626;
       }
       ```
   
 * I’ve pretty much thrown the kitchen sink in there (including for situations you
   aren’t currently encountering).
 *  Thread Starter [bradleysowash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradleysowash/)
 * (@bradleysowash)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/#post-5211994)
 * That CSS did not take care of the problem…
 * On another note: how do I take care of the cookies problem?
 *  [ElectricFeet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electricfeet/)
 * (@electricfeet)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/#post-5211996)
 * I cannot see that CSS anywhere. Where did you place it?
 *  Thread Starter [bradleysowash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradleysowash/)
 * (@bradleysowash)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/#post-5212003)
 * I had in the child theme CSS file…but I moved it to the custom css and now the
   arrows are maroon…but what about the text?
 *  [ElectricFeet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electricfeet/)
 * (@electricfeet)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-arrow-color/#post-5212007)
 * Weird. To check that your site problem wasn’t due to any of my Firefox plugins,
   I just disabled them and re-enabled them all. Now I can see the site without 
   enabling cookies. Very sorry for the false alarm.

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