Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of KoolV
KoolVFlag for Australia

asked on

How do I use CSS to get an active menu item to have the rounded corner background the same as the hover status?

I need the menu item that is active to be the same as hover status on this joomla site
http://reidsview.com.au/

CSS file attached

Hope someone knows how to fix this I have tried a few things but none worked.

Kind Regards
Robin Custance


/* Copyright (C) 2007 - 2010 YOOtheme GmbH, YOOtheme Proprietary Use License (http://www.yootheme.com/license) */

/*
 * top and footer menu
 */

 
#toolbar ul.menu,
#footer ul.menu {
	display: inline-block;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	list-style: none;
}

#footer ul.menu {
	display: block;
	line-height: 14px;
}

#toolbar .menu li,
#footer .menu li {
	display: inline-block;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

#toolbar .menu li a,
#footer .menu li a {
	display: inline-block;
	padding: 0px 15px 0px 14px;
	background: url(../images/topmenu_item_bg.png) 0 50% no-repeat;
	overflow: hidden;  
	color: #858586;
}
#footer .menu li a { background-image: url(../images/footermenu_item_bg.png); }

#toolbar .menu a:hover,
#footer .menu a:hover { color: #ffffff; }

#toolbar .menu a.first,
#footer .menu a.first {
	padding-left: 0px;
	background: none;
}

#toolbar .menu a.last,
#footer .menu a.last { padding-right: 0px; }

/*
 * menu
 */

 
#menu ul {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	list-style: none;
	
}

#menu li {
	position: relative;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

#menu a,
#menu span { display: block; }
#menu a { text-decoration: none; }

 
#menu span.icon {
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 0 50%;
}

 
#menu ul.menu { float: left; }

#menu li.level1 { float: left; }

#menu a.level1,
#menu span.level1 { 
	padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;
	float: left;
	color:ffffff;
}

#menu a.level1 span.bg,
#menu span.level1 span.bg {
	height: 37px;
	padding: 8px 0px 0px 0px;
	float: left;
	line-height: 40px;
	font-size: 13px;
	margin:0 0 -10 0;
}


#menu a.level1:hover {color:#ffffff;}
 
#menu li.active a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active span.level1 span.bg { color: #694610; font-weight: normal; }

#menu li.level1:hover,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1,
#menu li:hover span.level1 { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -40px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.remain .level1 span.bg { color:#ffffff; background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 -90px repeat-x;}

#menu li.level1.parent:hover,
#menu li.level1.parent.remain { background-position: 0 -150px; }

#menu li.parent:hover a.level1,
#menu li.parent:hover span.level1,
#menu li.parent.remain a.level1,
#menu li.parent.remain span.level1 { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -200px no-repeat; }

#menu li.parent:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.parent:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.parent.remain .level1 span.bg { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -250px repeat-x; }
 
#menu a.level1 span.title,
#menu span.level1 span.title {
	font-size: 15px;
	line-height: 30px;
}

 
#menu a.level1 span.subtitle,
#menu span.level1 span.subtitle {
	margin-top: -7px;
	font-size: 9px;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 10px;
	text-transform: none;
}

 
#menu .dropdown {
	position: absolute;
	top: 45px;
 	left: -999em;  
	z-index: 100;
	 
}

#menu li:hover .dropdown,
#menu li.remain .dropdown { color: ffffff; left: -4px; }

#menu .dropdown-t1 { }
#menu .dropdown-t2 { }
#menu .dropdown-t3 { }

#menu .dropdown-1 { background: url(../images/menu_dropdown_edges.png) 0 0 repeat-y; }

#menu .dropdown-2 {
	padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
	background: url(../images/menu_dropdown_edges.png) 100% 0 repeat-y;
}

#menu .dropdown-3 {
	padding: 7px 0px 7px 0px;
	background: #FFFFFF;
	overflow: hidden;
}

#menu .dropdown-b1 { background: url(../images/menu_dropdown_corners.png) 0 0 no-repeat; }

#menu .dropdown-b2 {
	padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
	background: url(../images/menu_dropdown_corners.png) 100% -10px no-repeat;
}

#menu .dropdown-b3 {
	height: 5px;
	background: url(../images/menu_dropdown_corners.png) 0 -20px repeat-x;
}

 
#menu ul.level2 { background: url(../images/menu_level2_line_v.png) 100% 0 repeat-y; }
#menu ul.last { background: none; }

#menu .group-box1 { padding: 0px 7px 0px 7px; }

#menu .hover-box1 { color: ffffff; overflow: hidden; }

#menu a.level2,
#menu span.level2,
#menu a.level2.last.parent,
#menu span.level2.last.parent {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #EDEEEF;
	background: url(../images/menu_level2_item.png) 0 -100px repeat-x;
	overflow: hidden;
}

#menu a.level2:hover,
#menu a.level2:hover.last {
	border-bottom-color: #ffffff;
	background-position: 0 100%;
}

#menu a.level2.last,
#menu span.level2.last { border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff; }

#menu a.level2 span.bg,
#menu span.level2 span.bg {
	padding-left: 10px;
	line-height: 28px;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #545557;
}

#menu a.level2:hover span.bg { color:  #3C3D3E; }

 
#menu li.level2 a.current span.bg { font-weight: normal; } 

 
#menu a.level2 span.subtitle,
#menu span.level2 span.subtitle {
	margin-top: -10px;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: none;
}

 
#menu a.level2 span.icon,
#menu span.level2 span.icon {
	min-height: 45px;
	padding-left: 50px;
	line-height: 45px;
}
#menu a.level2 span.icon span.title,
#menu span.level2 span.icon span.title { line-height: 33px; }
#menu a.level2 span.icon span.subtitle,
#menu span.level2 span.icon span.subtitle { line-height: 12px; }

 
#menu .sub { padding: 5px 0px 10px 0px; }

#menu ul.level3 { padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; }

#menu a.level3 span.bg,
#menu span.level3 span.bg {
	padding-left: 12px;
	background: url(../images/menu_level3_item.png) 0px 20px no-repeat;
	line-height: 18px;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #7D7E7F;
}

#menu a.level3.current span.bg { background-position: 0px -23px; }

#menu a.level3:hover span.bg {
	color: #545557;
	background-position: 0px 0px;
}

 
 
 
 

#menu .columns2 ul.level2,
#menu .columns3 ul.level2,
#menu .columns4 ul.level2 { float: left; }

#menu .columns2 ul.level2 {	width: 50%; }

#menu .columns3 ul.level2 { width: 34%; }
#menu .columns3 ul.first,
#menu .columns3 ul.last { width: 33%; }

#menu .columns4 ul.level2 { width: 25%; }

/*
 * sub menus
 */
 
 
div.mod-menu ul {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	overflow: hidden;
	list-style: none;
}

div.mod-menu ul.menu li {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

div.mod-menu ul.menu a,
div.mod-menu ul.menu span { display: block; }
div.mod-menu ul.menu a { text-decoration: none; }

 
div.mod-menu ul.menu span.icon {
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 5px 50%;
	text-indent: 35px;
}

 
div.mod-menu ul.menu li.parent span.separator { cursor: pointer; }

 
div.mod-menu ul.menu span.subtitle { display: none; }


/*
 * sub menu: mod-line
 */

div.mod-line ul.menu span.bg {
	height: 30px;
	line-height: 30px;
	text-indent: 5px;
	color: #858586;
	font-size: 14px;
}

 
div.mod-line ul.menu a.current span.bg { font-weight: normal; }

 
div.mod-line ul.menu a:hover span.bg,
div.mod-line ul.menu span:hover span.bg { color: #ffffff; }

 
div.mod-line ul.menu a.level1,
div.mod-line ul.menu span.level1 { 
	background: #FFF;
	color:#069;
	overflow: hidden;
}

div.mod-line ul.menu:hover a.level1,
div.mod-line ul.menu:hover span.level1 { 
	background: url(../images/submenu_level1_item.png) 0px 0px repeat-x;
	color: #ffffff;
	overflow: hidden;
}

div.mod-line ul.menu a.level1:hover,
div.mod-line ul.menu span.level1:hover,
div.mod-line ul.menu li.first a.level1:hover,
div.mod-line ul.menu li.first span.level1:hover { color: ffffff; background-position: 0px -35px; }

div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent.active a.level1:hover,
div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent.active span.level1:hover,
div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent.last a.level1:hover,
div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent.last span.level1:hover { color: ffffff; background-position: 0px -70px; }

div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent a.level1 span.bg,
div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent span.level1 span.bg { background: url(../images/submenu_level1_parent.png) 100% 0 no-repeat; }

div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent a.level1.active span.bg,
div.mod-line ul.menu li.parent span.level1.active span.bg { background-position: 100% -30px; }

div.mod-rounded ul.menu li.level1:hover span.bg { color: ffffff; }

div.mod-rounded ul.menu a.current.level1 span.bg  { font-weight: normal; }

 
div.mod-line ul.menu ul.level2 { padding: 0px 10px 10px 10px; }

div.mod-line ul.menu li.level2 { }

div.mod-line ul.menu li.level2 a:hover {color:  #ffffff;}

div.mod-line ul.menu li.level2 span.bg {
	height: 20px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-indent: 15px;
	font-size: 12px;
	background: url(../images/submenu_level2_item.png) 0px 50px no-repeat;
}
div.mod-line ul.menu li.level2 a:hover span.bg { color: #3C3D3E; }
div.mod-line ul.menu a.level2:hover span.bg { background-position: 0px 0px; }

 
div.mod-line ul.menu a.level3 span.bg { text-indent: 30px; }
div.mod-line ul.menu a.level3:hover span.bg { background-position: 15px 0px; }

 
div.mod-line ul.menu a.level4 span.bg { text-indent: 45px; }
div.mod-line ul.menu a.level4:hover span.bg { background-position: 30px 0px; }

Open in new window

Avatar of darkyin87
darkyin87

try a:visited
Avatar of KoolV

ASKER

But it is for a:active that I need it and the background has three parts to it left and right round corners and the centre bit
Avatar of KoolV

ASKER

This is the css i that file that controls it

#menu a.level1 span.bg,
#menu span.level1 span.bg {
      height: 37px;
      padding: 8px 0px 0px 0px;
      float: left;
      line-height: 40px;
      font-size: 13px;
      margin:0 0 -10 0;
}


#menu a.level1:hover {color:#ffffff;}
 
#menu li.active a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active span.level1 span.bg { color: #694610; font-weight: normal; }

#menu li.level1:hover,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1,
#menu li:hover span.level1 { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -40px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.remain .level1 span.bg { color:#ffffff; background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 -90px repeat-x;}

#menu li.level1.parent:hover,
#menu li.level1.parent.remain { background-position: 0 -150px; }

#menu li.parent:hover a.level1,
#menu li.parent:hover span.level1,
#menu li.parent.remain a.level1,
#menu li.parent.remain span.level1 { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -200px no-repeat; }

#menu li.parent:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.parent:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.parent.remain .level1 span.bg { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -250px repeat-x; }
the site is in offline mode so i cannot view

I guess it would be something like
#menu li.level1:hover,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

changing to:
#menu li.level1:hover, #menu li.level1:active,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

Avatar of KoolV

ASKER

If I change the following code


#menu li.active a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active span.level1 span.bg { color: #694610; font-weight: normal; }

#menu li.level1:hover,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1,
#menu li:hover span.level1 { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -40px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.remain .level1 span.bg { color:#ffffff; background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 -90px repeat-x;}



To This code

#menu li.active a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active span.level1 span.bg { color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; }

#menu li.level1:hover,
#menu li.active a.level1,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1,
#menu li:hover span.level1 .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -40px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.remain .level1 span.bg .active { color:#ffffff; background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 -90px repeat-x;}

I get the result in image 1

If I change it to this code


#menu li.active a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active span.level1 span.bg { color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; }

#menu li.level1:hover,
#menu li.active a.level1,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1,
#menu li.active a.level1,
#menu li:hover span.level1 .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -40px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active a.level1,
#menu li.remain .level1 span.bg .active { color:#ffffff; background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 -90px repeat-x;}


I get the result in image 2


If I change it to

#menu li.active a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active span.level1 span.bg { color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; }

#menu li.level1:hover,
#menu li.active a.level1,
#menu li.level1.remain .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 10px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1,
#menu li.active a.level1,
#menu li:hover span.level1 .active { background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 100% -40px no-repeat; }

#menu li:hover a.level1 span.bg,
#menu li:hover span.level1 span.bg,
#menu li.active a.level1,
#menu li.remain .level1 span.bg .active { color:#ffffff; background: url(../images/menu_level1_item.png) 0 -90px repeat-x;}

I get the result in image 3
Screen-shot-2010-08-28-at-2.28.1.png
Screen-shot-2010-08-28-at-2.31.0.png
Screen-shot-2010-08-28-at-2.32.0.png
SOLUTION
Avatar of KoolV
KoolV
Flag of Australia image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of KoolV

ASKER

Did not end up finding a solution