Title: Parent item formatting
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Parent item formatting

 *  Resolved [jhnpldng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhnpldng/)
 * (@jhnpldng)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-item-formatting/)
 * Hi Peter,
    Is there any way I can easily format the parent items to look different
   than the sub items? Being just one character offset is not quite enough to set
   them apart even with the triangle. Making them bold/strong would do or the ability
   for them to have a different background or the triangle to the left of the text.
   Any of those would keep them from blending with the subs.
 * My parent items are not links so like others I would also like for the cursor
   to not change when hovered over them and will wait for that feature to be added
   and if my above request is not easily doable by me then maybe it also could be
   added on the next go round. #
 * Thanks, John
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-menu/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-menu/)

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 *  [peterfeatherstone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterfeatherstone/)
 * (@peterfeatherstone)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-item-formatting/#post-5206011)
 * Hi John,
 * First of all, thanks for downloading and using the plugin.
 * The sub items should have more of an offset than one character, they increase
   in 5% incrememnts, so first level is 5% indented, second is 10% etc.
 * You may have some custom CSS styles that are interfering or over-writing this
   but they should be seperated more than the one character you mentioned.
 * You can of course set your own custom styles to make them bold and indent them
   more, for example things like:
 *     ```
       #responsive-menu .responsive-menu li li a
       {
       padding-left: 20px;
       font-weight: bold;
       }
       ```
   
 * You can also change the cursor, by using the “cursor: *” CSS rule if you wish.
 * If you need any help with any of the above then please let me know.
 * Also, if you provide me with your site URL I can help see why the indent is not
   so great on yours.
 * Many thanks
 * Peter

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-item-formatting/#post-5206011)
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