Changing the Divi Search Icon Hover Color

Written by Dan Mossop

If you'd like to change the hover color of the Divi Theme's search icon, you can do so simply with the following CSS:

/* Change the search icon color */
#et_search_icon:hover:before { color: #ff0000 !important; }

Just replace #ff0000 with the hex code for your hover color of choice.

This is available as an option in Divi Booster from v2.1.4 onwards. You'll find it on the Divi Booster settings page under "Header > Main Header > Search icon hover color".

Related Post: Adding CSS to the Divi Theme

About Dan Mossop

Dan is a Scottish-born web developer, now living in Brisbane with his wife and son. He has been sharing tips and helping users with Divi since 2014. He created Divi Booster, the first Divi plugin, and continues to develop it along with 20+ other Divi plugins. Dan has a PhD in Computer Science, a background in web security and likes a lot of stuff, 

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4 Comments

  1. That works! Thank you. Now, how do I change the size and color of the X that closes the search? I tried

    .et_close_search_field {
    color:red !important;
    }

    But it does not work…

    Reply
    • Hey Jon, you're very close. The icon is actually added using the :after pseudo-element, so you need:

      .et_close_search_field:after {
      color: red !important;
      }

      I've just added a short post on this, which also shows how to do hover effects:

      https://divibooster.com/styling-the-search-box-close-icon/

      Hope that helps!

      Reply
  2. Awesome thanks for the code, worked well

    Reply
    • You're welcome, Mikey!

      Reply

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