CSS list-style-image size

Question

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

\'s list items. Example:

Answer 1

I'm using:

li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 36px 0 36px 84px;
	list-style: none;
	background-image: url("../../images/checked_red.svg");
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left center;
	background-size: 40px;
}

where background-size set the background image size.

Answer 2

I did a kind of terminal emulator with Bootstrap and Javascript because I needed some dynamic to add easily new items, and I put the prompt from Javascript.

HTML:

  <div class="panel panel-default">
      <div class="panel-heading">Comandos SQL ejecutados</div>
      <div class="panel-body panel-terminal-body">
          <ul id="ulCommand"></ul>
      </div>
 </div>

Javascript:

function addCommand(command){
    //Creating the li tag   
    var li = document.createElement('li');
    //Creating  the img tag
    var prompt = document.createElement('img');
    //Setting the image 
    prompt.setAttribute('src','./lib/custom/img/terminal-prompt-white.png');
    //Setting the width (like the font)
    prompt.setAttribute('width','15px');
    //Setting height as auto
    prompt.setAttribute('height','auto');
    //Adding the prompt to the list item
    li.appendChild(prompt);
    //Creating a span tag to add the command
    //li.appendChild('el comando');   por que no es un nodo
    var span = document.createElement('span');
    //Adding the text to the span tag
    span.innerHTML = command;
    //Adding the span to the list item
    li.appendChild(span);
    //At the end, adding the list item to the list (ul)
    document.getElementById('ulCommand').appendChild(li);
}

CSS:

.panel-terminal-body {
  background-color: #423F3F;
  color: #EDEDED;
  padding-left: 50px;
  padding-right: 50px;
  padding-top: 15px;
  padding-bottom: 15px;
  height: 300px;
}

.panel-terminal-body ul {
  list-style: none;
}

I hope this help you.

Answer 3

I achieved it by placing the image tag before the li's:

---

HTML

<img src="https://www.pinclipart.com/picdir/big/1-17498_plain-right-white-arrow-clip-art-at-clipart.png" class="listImage">

---

CSS

     .listImage{
      float:left;
      margin:2px;
      width:25px
     }
     .li{
      margin-left:29px;
     }

Answer 4

Almost like cheating, I just went into an image editor and resized the image by half. Works like a charm for me.

Answer 5

Here is an example to play with Inline SVG for a list bullet (2020 Browsers)

list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,
                      <svg width='50' height='50'
                           xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' 
                           viewBox='0 0 72 72'>
                        <rect width='100%' height='100%' fill='pink'/>
                        <path d='M70 42a3 3 90 0 1 3 3a3 3 90 0 1-3 3h-12l-3 3l-6 15l-3
                                 l-6-3v-21v-3l15-15a3 3 90 0 1 0 0c3 0 3 0 3 3l-6 12h30
                                 m-54 24v-24h9v24z'/></svg>")

• Play with SVG width & height to set the size
• Play with M70 42 to position the hand
• different behaviour on FireFox or Chromium!
• remove the rect

li{
  font-size:2em;
  list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg width='3em' height='3em'                          xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 72 72'><rect width='100%' height='100%' fill='pink'/><path d='M70 42a3 3 90 0 1 3 3a3 3 90 0 1-3 3h-12l-3 3l-6 15l-3 3h-12l-6-3v-21v-3l15-15a3 3 90 0 1 0 0c3 0 3 0 3 3l-6 12h30m-54 24v-24h9v24z'/></svg>");
}

span{
  display:inline-block;
  vertical-align:top;
  margin-top:-10px;
  margin-left:-5px;
}

<ul>
  <li><span>Apples</span></li>
  <li><span>Bananas</span></li>
  <li>Oranges</li>
</ul>