# Menu component: define text color on hover?

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/menu-component-define-text-color-on-hover/55955>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [May 1, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/menu-component-define-text-color-on-hover/55955 "2026-05-01T15:06:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![randerson27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@randerson27](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/randerson27)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/menu-component-define-text-color-on-hover/55955/1 "2026-05-01T15:06:19Z")

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Hi all. How can I define the text color in hover state for the standard Menu component? I see Default and Active, but no Hover. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance.

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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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/menu-component-define-text-color-on-hover/55955/2 "2026-05-01T15:53:52Z")

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For the Menu Component, the active state is also the hover state, add a couple of menu items and you’ll see how it works 🙂

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