using background image for li

Question

I'm using a background image for a <li> that will be used as a button, but it's not fully shown; however, when write text then it shows. I don't want text to be written it's already printed on background image. I am unable to set a width - how can I fix this?

#footernav li#footerlocation
{
    display: inline;
    padding-right: 20px;
    background-image: url(../images/ourlocation.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0 -.2em;
}

Answer 1

Your problem is in setting display to inline. If you want background and width, but you also need an inline-type list, set float: left.

Answer 2

Take a look at the following example:

   ul#footernav li { 
        display:inline; 
        }
    ul#footernav li a{ 
        display:block; 
        width:155px;
        text-indent:-9999px;
        }
    ul#footernav li.footerlocation a{ 
        height:30px ; 
        background: url('images/image.jpg') bottom left no-repeat; 
        }
    ul#footernav li.footerlocation a:hover{ 
        height:30px ; 
        background: url(images/image.jpg) top left no-repeat; 
        }