portel and css

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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I created a CPortlet and I have a problem with the css.

I give a backround color that the <ul> does not take it ,it has a white color,why it does not take the colour of the class?


<div class="eponymousmenu">

<?php $this->Widget('application.components.menuEponymousWidget');

?>

</div>

menuEponymous view

<ul>

          <li><a href="index.html" class="active">Home</a></li>

          <li><a href="services.html">Services</a></li>

          <li><a href="about.html">About Us</a></li>

          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact Us</a></li>

        </ul>

[edit] I notice that the problem is that the a element does take the parent background color,what is wrong?


.eponymousmenu ul li a {

	border-right:1px dashed #fff;

	float:left;

	margin:0;

	padding:2px 5px 5px 15px;        

	font:normal 14px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

	text-decoration:none;

}

.eponymousmenu {

	padding:5px 5px 5px 5px;

	margin:0;	

        background-color: gray;

}

[edit2]I found it,inheritance problem