Title: primary menu formatting
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# primary menu formatting

 *  [giorgoski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorgoski/)
 * (@giorgoski)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-menu-formatting/)
 * how can i change background color and hover colour of primary menu?

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 *  [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * (@hannahritner)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-menu-formatting/#post-5436651)
 * Hey, you can change the background with this:
 *     ```
       #nav-main ul.sf-menu a {
       background: #333;
       }
       ```
   
 * And the hover with this:
 *     ```
       #nav-main ul.sf-menu a:hover {
       color: #000;
       }
       ```
   
 * Just paste them into your custom css box in theme options > advanced settings.
 * Hannah

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-menu-formatting/#post-5436651)
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