JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by magizter
HTML
<ul class="menu">
<li><a class="mb" href="#">menu1</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">sub1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">sub2</a></li>
<li class="selected"><a href="#">sub2</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="mb" href="#">menu2</a></li>
<li><a class="mb" href="#">menu3</a></li>
</ul>
CSS
.selected, .selected a { cursor:none; color:red;}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$('li.selected').parents('li').addClass("selected");
});