Shopify: How to change color of selected menu item? - colors

Question

I am developing a site on Shopify and I need to know how to change color of selected menu items. When a user clicks on any menu items, the color will change and remove once another menu item is selected.
I have tried to solve this problem many times now by using CSS and JQuery, but nothing I do seems to work.
Here is the code for the megamenu liquid file in Shopify.
<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse" data-spy="affix" data-offset-
top="197">
<div class="container">
<div class="mega-menu">
<!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
<ul class="nav navbar-nav" id="navbar">
{% assign meagemenu_lists = settings.Megamenu-list %}
{% for link in linklists[meagemenu_lists].links %}
{% assign item = link.title | downcase %}
<li class="level1 dropdown">
<a class="megamenu_icon{% increment count %} a1" href="{{ link.url }}"
title="{{link.title}}">{{ link.title }}</a>
{% for i in (2..5) %}
{%capture Megamenu%}megamenu_{{i}}_parent{%endcapture%}
{% if settings[Megamenu] == item %}
<div class="sub-menu dropdown-menu">
<div class="top-sub-menu">
<div class="item">
{% if settings.service-megamenu-icon1 != blank %}<p
class="image"><i class="{{ settings['service-megamenu-icon1']
}}"></i></p>{% endif %}
<div class="text">
<h3>{{ settings['service-megamenu-title1'] }}</h3>
<p>{{ settings['service-megamenu-subtitle1'] }}</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End item -->
<div class="item">
{% if settings.service-megamenu-icon2 != blank %}<p
class="image"><i class="{{ settings['service-megamenu-icon2']
}}"></i></p>{% endif %}
<div class="text">
<h3>{{ settings['service-megamenu-title2'] }}</h3>
<p>{{ settings['service-megamenu-subtitle2'] }}</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End item -->
<div class="item">
{% if settings.service-megamenu-icon3 != blank %}<p
class="image"><i class="{{ settings['service-megamenu-icon3']
}}"></i></p>{% endif %}
<div class="text">
<h3>{{ settings['service-megamenu-title3'] }}</h3>
<p>{{ settings['service-megamenu-subtitle3'] }}</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End item -->
</div>
<ul class="menu-level-1">
{% for j in (1..3) %}
{% capture mega_title %}megamenu_{{ i }}_column_{{ j }}_title{%
endcapture %}
{% capture mega_col %}megamenu_{{ i }}_column_{{ j }}_menu{%
endcapture %}
<li class="level2"><h4>{{ settings[mega_title] }}</h4>
<ul class="menu-level-2">
{% for link in linklists[settings[mega_col]].links %}
<li class="level3"><a href="{{ link.url }}" title="{{
link.title }}">{{ link.title }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
</li>
{% endfor %}
{% capture _image1 %}megamenu_{{ i }}_image1.jpg{% endcapture %}
{% capture _image2 %}megamenu_{{ i }}_image2.jpg{% endcapture %}
<li class="level2">
<img src="{{ _image1 | asset_url }}" alt="Sub-Menu" />
</li>
<li class="level2">
<img src="{{ _image2 | asset_url }}" alt="Sub-Menu" />
</li>
</ul>
<div class="bottom-sub-menu">
<p>{{ settings['Megamenu-description'] }}</p>
</div>
</div>
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
<!-- End Dropdow Menu -->
</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>

Answer 1

There will be a CSS class somewhere in the menu HTML which applies a CSS rule to color the active item. Across different e-commerce themes and platforms, this class is generally 'active', 'open', 'nav-open'. This class may be added via JavaScript after page load, so you may not see it in the HTML file.
I recommend using the inspect element tool to find the rule being applied to the item.