[wp-testers] adding class to first menu item when using wp_nav_menu()?

[Nathan Rice]

Use jQuery, then.

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Nathan Rice
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Jason Bobich <jason_bobich at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> In using "li:first-child", I guess the argument of supporting ie6 wouldn't
> pass for a good counter argument! However it still would be nice if there
> was title_li (or similar) parameter for the wp_nav_menu() function.
>
> > From: wp at andrewnacin.com
> > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 18:29:10 -0400
> > To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-testers] adding class to first menu item when using
>  wp_nav_menu()?
> >
> > li:first-child?
> >
> > You can otherwise use an existing items filter I imagine, or add the
> class
> > manually to the menu item. I see no reason to offer something that can
> > otherwise be achieved in CSS however.
> >
> > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Jason Bobich <jason_bobich at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Is it possible to add a class to the first menu item when showing a
> menu
> > > with wp_nav_menu()?
> > >
> > > Or is there a way to completely remove the wrapping ul tag so my
> theme's
> > > markup could be something like this:
> > >
> > > <ul>
> > >    <li class="first"><a href="" title="">HOME</a></li>
> > >    <?php wp_nav_menu(); ?>
> > > </ul>
> > >
> > > Similar to how if you were using wp_list_pages you could do:
> > >
> > > <ul>
> > >
> > >    <li class="first"><a href="" title="">HOME</a></li>
> > >
> > >    <?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?>
> > >
> > > </ul>
> > >
> > > My main goal is trying to figure out a way to add special styling to
> the
> > > first menu item, and I'm not sure if there's a way to go about doing
> this?
> > > Any tips on this?
> > >
> > > Would be a cool feature if it's not already implemented to add a class
> to
> > > the first menu item.
> > >
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