Active Current Menu - Adding class to child theme

Question

I am trying to add a feature to my site - when I am on a page, I would like that menu item to be highlighted (in a different color or just be bolded).

I have created a child theme (for portfolio-lite) and edited a few classes already, but I am having trouble adding this menu feature. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

The default menu in WordPress already adds classnames for the current menu item, and if its a submenu, the parent will have a classname too as current-parent:

li.current-menu-item{
//here your CSS for the current menu item
}

li.current_page_parent{
//here your CSS for parent menu item of the current menu item
}