Question

I have a problem using first-child

I have the following html code to make a menu with first and second levels

<ul id="navMenu"  >
    <li class="parent"><a href="index.html">Home</a> 
    </li>
    <li class="parent"><a href=".html">Products</a>
        <ul ><li><a href="">Software</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="">Product 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="">Product 2</a></li>
                <li><a href="">Product 3</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="">Hardware</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="">Product 1</a></li>
                    <li><a href="">Product 2</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

and the following css

#menuContainer{
    float: right;
}

ul#navMenu{
    margin: 25px 0 0;
    list-style: none outside none;
}

ul#navMenu li{
    float: left;
    margin: 0 0 0 0px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 999;
}

ul#navMenu li a{
    display: block;
    padding: 5px 0px;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 12px;
    background: transparent;
    color: #444;

    -webkit-transition: background-color 0.1s linear, color 0.1s linear;
    -moz-transition: background-color 0.1s linear, color 0.1s linear;
}


ul#navMenu li.parent a{
    padding-right: 23px;
    background-color: transparent;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: right top;
    font-family: "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
    text-transform: uppercase;


}

ul#navMenu li a:hover, ul#navMenu li.current a{
    color: #CB0167 ;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;

}

ul#navMenu li.parent a:hover, ul#navMenu li.current.parent a{
    background-position: right bottom;
}


/* - -- --- ---- Sub-Menu ---- --- -- - */

ul#navMenu li.parent ul{
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 25px;
    left: 0;
    width: 160px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0px 0 0;
    list-style: none outside none;
    overflow: visible;
    z-index: 99;
    border-top: 1px solid #eee;

}
.noJs ul#navMenu li.parent:hover ul{
    display: block;
}

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li{
    float: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;

}

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li a{
    display: block;
    padding: 7px 10px;
    color: #444;
    background: #fff;
    font-size: 11px;
    border-right: 1px solid #eee;
    border-left: 1px solid #eee;
    text-transform: none;
    background-image: url('../img/dots_menu.png');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}


ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:first-child a{   
    background-image: none;


    }

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:first-child a:hover{ 
    background-image: none;
    }

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:last-child a{    
    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;  
}
ul#navMenu li.parent ul li a:hover{
    color: #CB0167 !important;
    background: #fefefe;
    background-image: url('../img/dots_menu.png');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;   
}
/* - -- --- ---- Second Level Sub-Menu ---- --- -- - */

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li ul{
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: -1px;
    left: 159px;
    width: 160px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 0 0 0px;
    border-top: 1px solid #eee;

}

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li ul.leftMenu{
    left: -168px;
    padding: 0 10px 0 0;
}

.noJs ul#navMenu li.parent:hover ul li ul{
    display: none;
}

.noJs ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:hover ul{
    display: block;
}

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li ul li:first-child a{ 
    background-image: none;

}
ul#navMenu li.parent ul li ul li:first-child a:hover{   
    background-image: none;

}

The menu product is exactly what I need , and the hardware menu , but the software menu is not working , any idea how to fix it ??

Thanks a lot 🙂

Answer 1

using the > you can prevent the style affect the grandchild’s , so try to change this

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:first-child  a{  

to this

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:first-child > a{ 

also

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:first-child  a:hover{    

with this

ul#navMenu li.parent ul li:first-child > a:hover{