navigation bar with sub menus html and css only - html

Question

I'm trying to create a site navigation bar that uses sub-menus.
Using whatever I can gather from the internet I've done my best and have got one working with one small issue.
When you hover the mouse over the sub-menu, the main menu text colour does not stay white like I'd like it to.
Can anyone get this to work?
.header nav.site_nav {
float: right;
}
.header ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}
.header ul a {
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
color: #2C395D;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 8px 8px 8px 8px;
}
.header ul a:hover {
color: white;
}
.header ul li {
float: left;
position: relative;
margin: 0 2px 0 2px;
}
.header ul li:hover {
background: #2C395D;
}
.header ul ul {
display: none;
position: absolute;
text-align: right;
top: 100%;
right: 0;
}
.header ul ul li {
float: none;
width: 150px;
background: #BFC8E1;
margin: 0;
}
.header ul li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}
jsfiddle code

Answer 1

I wasn't able to do this easily without adding more information to your html. I added a class to all top level menu items, then added a small amount of css to make them white on hover.
Updated Fiddle
Add this class to your top level menu items in html:
<a class="topLevel" href="#">Courses ▾</a>
Add this to your CSS:
.header ul li:hover a.topLevel {
color: white;
}