Question

This should be simple, but I just can’t get it to work

My list

<div id="ctMenu">
<ul>
    <li><a href="#">WELCOME</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">ABOUT US</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">CONTACT</a></li>
</ul></div>

My CSS

#ctMenu { width:1010px; margin: 20px 0 0 0; padding:20px 0 20px 0}
#ctMenu ul { margin:0; padding:0;}
#ctMenu ul li { margin-left: 0; margin-bottom:0;  display:inline;}
#ctMenu ul li a { padding: 10px 25px 9px 25px; background-color:green; text-decoration: none; color:Black; font-weight:bold; }
#ctMenu ul li a:hover {background-color:Gray; }
.selected { background-color: yellow; }

My jQuery

$(document).ready(function () {
        $('#ctMenu ul li a').click(function () {
            $('#ctMenu ul li a').removeClass('selected');
            $(this).addClass('selected');
        });
    });

I’m just trying to set the css to the class “.selected” when someone clicks a link. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Here’s a JSFiddle

Answer 1

The problem is that you declared a stronger CSS rule #ctMenu ul li a that overrides the .selected. Try this CSS rule instead:

#ctMenu ul li a.selected { background-color: yellow; }