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 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Accessing first level css menu style (ancestor?) regardless of page menu level](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessing-first-level-css-menu-style-ancestor-regardless-of-page-menu-level/)
 *  Thread Starter [isomyriad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isomyriad/)
 * (@isomyriad)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessing-first-level-css-menu-style-ancestor-regardless-of-page-menu-level/#post-1960954)
 * Resetting the background colour worked, unfortunately we’re back to a situation
   where a level three selection themes the second level menu item, and not the 
   first :/
 * I used the code that you offered above…
 * Should I paste my menu section in here?
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Accessing first level css menu style (ancestor?) regardless of page menu level](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessing-first-level-css-menu-style-ancestor-regardless-of-page-menu-level/)
 *  Thread Starter [isomyriad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isomyriad/)
 * (@isomyriad)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessing-first-level-css-menu-style-ancestor-regardless-of-page-menu-level/#post-1960951)
 * Hi there Chip, thanks for the reply!
    The code you suggested didn’t exist in 
   my stylesheet so I created it- i.e
 * #access ul li.current_page_parent a {
    background: red; }
 * The problem with this is that all of the items in the dropdown are affected. 
   1st, 2nd and third menu items for the particular menu tab.
 * Do you know how I can make it affect only the first level? 🙂

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