Change The Color Of A Single Main Menu Item

Store Design
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Topic summary

A Shopify store owner seeks help changing a single navigation menu item color (“HALLOWEEN SPECIAL”) to orange in the Studio theme. A community helper (@Made4uo-Ribe) provides CSS solutions targeting specific menu IDs for both desktop and mobile views.

Key Technical Pattern:
The solution involves adding CSS code to theme files (base.css, style.css, or theme.css) targeting specific menu item selectors. The helper emphasizes that code varies by theme and store structure—no universal solution exists.

Common Issues Addressed:

  • Desktop vs. mobile styling requires separate selectors
  • Different themes need different CSS targeting approaches
  • Placement matters: code must go after closing brackets, not within @media queries
  • Using !important flag when styles don’t apply initially
  • Submenu items requiring additional selectors

Thread Evolution:
The discussion expands as 30+ users request similar customizations for their stores across various themes (Be Yours, Refresh, Pipeline, Sense, Spotlight, Publisher, Expanse, Supply, Wookie). @Made4uo-Ribe provides individualized CSS solutions for each, demonstrating how selectors must be inspected and customized per store.

Resolution Status:
Most cases resolved successfully with custom CSS targeting menu item IDs, hrefs, or nth-child selectors. The thread remains active with new requests continuing to arrive.

Summarized with AI on October 30. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi @jdawson99

Yeah, I think so :sweat_smile: they keep asking same question on the original post and I know every store is different.

Check this one for you.

From your Shopify admin dashboard, click on “Online Store” and then “Themes”.

Find the theme that you want to edit and click on “Actions” and then “Edit code”.

In the “Assets” folder, click on “base.css, style.css or theme.css” file, depending on which file your theme uses to store its CSS styles. At the bottom of the file, add the following CSS code:

a#HeaderMenu-class-of-2025-1-4-zip, a#HeaderDrawer-class-of-2025-1-4-zip {
    color: red;
}

And save.

Result:

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Note: I also colored red on the mobile view.

Please don’t forget to Like and Mark Solution to the post that helped you. Thanks!

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