The dot in the sidebar for new/unread topics can be coloured like so: span.sidebar-section-link-suffix.icon.unread svg { color: red !important; } For the topic’s dot for new topics, use: a.badge-notification.new-topic::before { background-color: red !important; } If you want to target icons in the notification menu, you can use this CSS: div.tabs-list a.user-menu-tab svg { color: red !important; } If you want to target only active icons in the notification menu, use: div.tabs-list a.user-menu-tab.active svg { color: red !important; } To target the whole notification on hover, use: div.quick-access-panel ul li:hover { background-color: red !important; } Hope this helps!

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Thanks this helped a lot and now I am making quick progress on customizing!

I am trying to change the category edit area, the white text on click and hover to black. [image]

Help with locating the correct CSS location to change color of specific text

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) December 31, 2025, 3:31am 2

You can right-click the elements to open DevTools and target them by their class/id.

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Help with locating the correct CSS location to change color of specific text

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