CSS selector for GTM trigger that is not specific to any particular element

I am attempting to develop a CSS selector that can target the specific entries within the page-top-menu:

Header menu - Menu 1
DE
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li.i39.dropdown.layer.item-type-1.catid-0eca5a6c6e53f281b9e0469ca3d744fd > a
EN
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li.i40.dropdown.layer.item-type-1.catid-0eca5a6c6e53f281b9e0469ca3d744fd > a
FR
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li.i28.dropdown.layer.item-type-1.catid-0eca5a6c6e53f281b9e0469ca3d744fd > a


Header menu - Menu 2

DE 
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li.i43.dropdown.layer.item-type-2.catid-9268a9eaa067019916390b7d08113781 > a
EN
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li.i43.dropdown.layer.item-type-2.catid-9268a9eaa067019916390b7d08113781 > a
FR
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li.i40.dropdown.layer.item-type-2.catid-9268a9eaa067019916390b7d08113781 > a

All of these elements share the following similarity:

#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li

However, when I attempt to use the selectors below as triggers, they do not have any effect:

#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li
#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li > *

The triggers only work when using the full CSS selectors.

EDIT:

Below is an example of one of the HTML elements (The highlighted section is the one targeted by the selector):

Here is a visual representation of how the Tags and triggers are configured:

csstriggerscss-selectorsgoogle-tag-manager

Answer №1

The issue at hand is related to the presence of child elements within your a element. When you click on an element inside the a tag, the click event may be triggered, but it will point to the inner tag instead. There are two ways to address this problem:

1) Target all children elements across multiple levels:

Type: Click - All Elements

CSS selector: 

#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li *

2) Target only the link itself:

Type: Click - Just Links

CSS selector: 

#page-top-menu > div > div.menu-wrapper > ul > li > a

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