CSS list-style-image size

Question

I\'m trying to set custom SVG icons with CSS on a

\'s list items. Example:

Answer 1

You can see how layout engines determine list-image sizes here: http://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/list-style-image

There are three ways to do get around this while maintaining the benefits of CSS:

1. Resize the image.
2. Use a background-image and padding instead (easiest method).
3. Use an SVG without a defined size using viewBox that will then resize to 1em when used as a list-style-image (Kudos to Jeremy).