# Changing link colors in menus

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131 "2026-02-05T21:19:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tinalyd](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tinalyd/32/1111_2.png) [@tinalyd](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tinalyd)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131/1 "2026-02-05T21:19:15Z")

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Hi

Just getting started with Elements 2.0. I’m using the theme Build and the Standard menu project.

The hover link color in the menu is Blue, but I want to change it to another color. How do I do it. I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

Tina

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131/2 "2026-02-05T22:41:08Z")

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**Author:** ![tinalyd](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tinalyd/32/1111_2.png) [@tinalyd](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tinalyd)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131/3 "2026-02-05T23:18:11Z")

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Thank You So Much

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**Author:** ![tinalyd](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tinalyd/32/1111_2.png) [@tinalyd](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tinalyd)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131/4 "2026-02-06T00:09:06Z")

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I want the default color to be black and active to be black too. But how to I change the Hover Color.

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131/5 "2026-02-06T06:25:48Z")

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Don’t think you can do that with the current controls

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131/6 "2026-02-06T12:08:48Z")

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At the moment, the menu only exposes **Default** and **Active** link colours. The Active colour is also used for the hover state, so there isn’t a separate control for hover styling in the current menu component.

If you need full control over hover, active, and default states, the best option is to build a custom navigation using Containers, Flex, and Text. That approach gives you complete styling control and is ideal if you are not relying on sub-menus.

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**Author:** ![tinalyd](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tinalyd/32/1111_2.png) [@tinalyd](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tinalyd)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changing-link-colors-in-menus/54131/7 "2026-02-06T12:40:09Z")

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Hi Dan

Ok. But do you think it’ll be added to the Menu component soon. I have submenus, so ir’s not a possibility for me to make one myself.

Best

Tina

fre. 6. feb. 2026 kl. 13.18 skrev Dan \<[notifications@realmacsoftware1.discoursemail.com](mailto:notifications@realmacsoftware1.discoursemail.com)\>: