Title: Styling Subtabs
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Styling Subtabs

 *  Resolved [dotarsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dotarsen/)
 * (@dotarsen)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-subtabs/)
 * Is there a way to style subtabs different than the parent?
 * I’ve tried adding classes, but they don’t seem to show in the inspector.
 * Here’s an example in which I want to style the backgrounds of the nested tabs
   differently: [http://emse.utdallas.edu/?page_id=421](http://emse.utdallas.edu/?page_id=421)
 * Great plugin by the way! Thanks!
 * Plugin version: 0.3.6
    WP version: 4.5.3 Plugin settings: Custom JQuery Theme
   based on Lightness Theme: CalenotisMagazine Other plugins: Easy Bootstrap Shortcode
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/squelch-tabs-and-accordions-shortcodes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/squelch-tabs-and-accordions-shortcodes/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Matt Lowe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squelch/)
 * (@squelch)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-subtabs/#post-7627829)
 * You can do this in the CSS directly, with something like (at a quick and untested
   guess) …
 *     ```
       .squelch-taas-override.squelch-taas-tab-group.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li .ui-tabs-nav li {
           background-color: #123123;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [dotarsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dotarsen/)
 * (@dotarsen)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-subtabs/#post-7627875)
 * Hi Matt! Thanks for the response!
 * It seems like that method is still changing all of the tab groups, not just the
   nested ones.
 * I was able to change certain levels of nested tabs with the ID (i.e. #squelch-
   taas-tab-group-5), though.
 * Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
 *  Plugin Author [Matt Lowe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squelch/)
 * (@squelch)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-subtabs/#post-7627878)
 * Well if it works for you then go for it, but keep in mind that the IDs could 
   change in the future if you add/remove tabs.

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## Tags

 * [classes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/classes/)
 * [nested](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/nested/)
 * [styling](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/styling/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Matt Lowe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squelch/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-subtabs/#post-7627878)
 * Status: resolved