Title: Navigation Background Missing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Navigation Background Missing

 *  [kingsdarloweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingsdarloweb/)
 * (@kingsdarloweb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/)
 * I have a problem with my navigation menu where the background of the sub-item
   for the current selected page is transparent and so makes the text impossible
   to read on some pages.
 * I want to give it a simple background of a grey or black which will go with my
   theme but can’t find why it is doing this or how to change it.
 * My site is at kingsdarloweb.byethost17.com
    CSS: [http://kingsdarloweb.byethost17.com/wp-content/themes/abstract3/style.css](http://kingsdarloweb.byethost17.com/wp-content/themes/abstract3/style.css)
   Theme: Abstract 3
 * Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045550)
 * I can;t see any problem with the nav bar on your site.
 *  Thread Starter [kingsdarloweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingsdarloweb/)
 * (@kingsdarloweb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045562)
 * Go, for example, to [http://kingsdarloweb.byethost17.com/downloads](http://kingsdarloweb.byethost17.com/downloads)
   then hover over the Resources & Training tab and you’ll see the background missing
   on “Downloads” until you hover over it.
 * Thanks for looking!
 *  [MaddTechWF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddtechwf/)
 * (@maddtechwf)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045563)
 * You need to set the background for you selected menu item to be a certain color.
 *  Thread Starter [kingsdarloweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingsdarloweb/)
 * (@kingsdarloweb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045583)
 * Yep but I can’t find where on the CSS that is…If anyone can tell me what part
   of the CSS it should be on I will now how to add it.
 * Thanks!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045585)
 * Add a background color to:
 *     ```
       .artmenu ul a, .artmenu ul a:link, .artmenu ul a:visited, .artmenu ul a:hover, .artmenu ul a:active, .nav ul.artmenu ul span, .nav ul.artmenu ul span span {
           color: #F5F5F5;
           font-family: "Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;
           font-weight: normal;
           line-height: 25px;
           text-align: left;
           text-decoration: none;
           text-indent: 5px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [kingsdarloweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingsdarloweb/)
 * (@kingsdarloweb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045599)
 * That’s half solved it, thank you!
 * I know have a problem when hovering over a sub-item. It seems the class I just
   added the colour too also does the ‘text box’for the other sub-items so when 
   hovered over and the background colour changes it doesn’t match.
 * Hover over an item and you’ll see what I mean better than I can explain it!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045602)
 * Try using the same background color in:
 *     ```
       .artmenu ul li:hover > a {
           background-position: 0 -25px;
           border-color: #595959;
           color: #F2F2F2;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [kingsdarloweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingsdarloweb/)
 * (@kingsdarloweb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045609)
 * Doesn’t seem to have any effect.
 * Only logical solution I can think off is to remove the change of colour when 
   on the hover but that feels like a shame aesthetically.
 * Any more ideas?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045611)
 * Try amending the background in:
 *     ```
       .artmenu ul a, .artmenu ul a:link, .artmenu ul a:visited, .artmenu ul a:hover, .artmenu ul a:active, .nav ul.artmenu ul span, .nav ul.artmenu ul span span {
           background-color: #595959;
           color: #F5F5F5;
           font-family: "Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;
           font-weight: normal;
           line-height: 25px;
           text-align: left;
           text-decoration: none;
           text-indent: 5px;
       }
       ```
   

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## Tags

 * [background](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/background/)
 * [menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/menu/)
 * [navigation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/navigation/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/navigation-background-missing/#post-2045611)
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