I would like to keep the parent hover color the same when navigating the secondary menu.
I looked at a few other answers such as here and here, but I was unable to figure it out.
Here is a video explaining what I would like to accomplish: http://screencast.com/t/Bhfj6mtZkPZp
Here is the navigation code:
.primary-navigation {
max-width: 1192px;
margin: 20px 0px 52px 1px;
}
.primary-navigation ul {
font-family: 'Josefin Sans', sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-size: 1.125rem;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.primary-navigation ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
.primary-navigation li ul {
display: none;
}
.primary-navigation ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #fff;
background: #ec6397;
padding: 12px 22px 17px 22px;
white-space: nowrap;
-moz-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;
-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;
transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;
border-right: 1px solid #f39cbd;
}
.primary-navigation ul li a:hover {
background: #f39cbd;
}
.primary-navigation li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
border-top: 1px solid #f39cbd;
border-left: 1px solid #f39cbd;
}
.primary-navigation li:hover li {
float: none;
width: 300px;
z-index: 3;
border-bottom: 1px solid #f39cbd;
}
.primary-navigation li:hover a {
background: #ec6397;
}
.primary-navigation li:hover li a:hover {
background: #f39cbd;
color: #000;
}
You should be able to change this
.primary-navigation ul li a:hover {
background: #f39cbd;
}
to this
.primary-navigation ul li:hover a {
background: #f39cbd;
}
This way, the color of your main nav item is changed when you hover over the parent li
. Since the submenu should also be inside this li
, the hover will still be triggered when moving over the submenu; therefore, the color of the link should also keep its hover state.