# CSS attribute for the new topic button?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-attribute-for-the-new-topic-button/125476
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [August 11, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-attribute-for-the-new-topic-button/125476 "2019-08-11T16:35:44Z")
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### Author: ![Jennifer\_Abrams](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jennifer_abrams/32/150388_2.png) [@Jennifer\_Abrams](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jennifer_Abrams)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-attribute-for-the-new-topic-button/125476/1 "2019-08-11T16:35:44Z")

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Last CSS question I swear. Most of my site is CSS customized but I just cant figure out the CSS code for changing the new topic button color (both hover and non-hover)

Perhaps you can change it in the admin settings along with other UI through the color scheme, but looking for the specific CSS attribute

Thanks!  
Jen

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### Author: ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-attribute-for-the-new-topic-button/125476/2 "2019-08-11T21:55:45Z")

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Well the id on the button is `create-topic` (which since it’s an id you reference as `#create-topic`), and you use `:hover` to only apply something on hover. To change the button color you want to use `background-color` (if you want to change the text you’d use `color`).

So for example:

```css
#create-topic {
    background-color: red;
}

#create-topic:hover {
    background-color: blue;
}

```

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-attribute-for-the-new-topic-button/125476/3 "2023-02-22T05:13:21Z")

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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-attribute-for-the-new-topic-button/125476/4 "2023-02-22T13:42:05Z")

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