html - List vertical align text middle with list-style-image

Question

I am trying to vertically align some text within a list li and having issues. First off you need to know that I have replaced my list-style-image with a custom image. This is my CSS:

ul.cogs li { 
    list-style-image: url(Images/li_cog.png); 
    height: 50px; 
    line-height: 50px; 
}

I tried to see if there was a way of getting the text to align to the middle. I tried:

vertical-align: middle;

which didn't work, so then I tried:

line-height: 50px;

which also did not work, so I tried:

display: table

which worked, but the image disappears from the list item....

Does anyone know of a way to get this to work?

Answer 1

The issue using list-style-image is that you cannot align with the text, the best thing to do is to use background-image for li element, and then use padding-left for your li elements.

Buggy Demo (The issue which you are facing)

Demo

ul li {
    background-image: url(http://png-5.findicons.com/files/icons/2222/gloss_basic/32/bullet_black.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    line-height: 30px;
    padding-left: 30px;
}

ul {
    margin: 50px;
}