Title: Menu Child Indicator
Author: macbookandrew
Published: <strong>Jun 15, 2012</strong>
Last modified: Maarec 6, 2021

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Menu Child Indicator

 By [macbookandrew](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macbookandrew/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/menu-child-indicator.1.1.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-child-indicator/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-child-indicator/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-child-indicator/#installation)
 * [Development](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-child-indicator/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/menu-child-indicator/)

## Description

This plugin adds the css class `.has-children` to menu items that have a submenu
to allow css styling.

## Installation

 1. Upload menu-child-indicator.php to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Add styles with the CSS rule `.menu .children .has-children` (Hint: use the pseudo-
    element `::after` along with `content: "\00a0\bb";` to add a double arrow pointing
    to the right.)
 4. That’s it!

## FAQ

 * What style to you use for your indicator?
 * Glad you asked! See the css block below:
 * `css
    .menu .children .has-children::after { content: "\00a0\bb"; position: absolute;
   top: .3em; right: 10px; font-size: 18px; color: white; }

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Menu Child Indicator” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ macbookandrew ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macbookandrew/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.1.4

 * Update “tested up to” version

#### 1.1.3

 * Update “tested up to” version

#### 1.1.2

 * Add sample css and screenshot

#### 1.1

 * Minor readme tweaks

#### 1.0

 * First version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.4**
 *  Last updated **5 bosór óll ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.6.17**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-child-indicator/)
 * Tags
 * [child](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/child/)[indicator](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/indicator/)
   [menu](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/menu-child-indicator/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ macbookandrew ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/macbookandrew/)

## Support

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