I want to use figures as [item] in latex - latex

Question

In latex, I can use itemize and \item as follows.
\begin{itemize}
\item ...
\end{itemize}
I also can write as follows.
\begin{itemize}
\item[(any strings)] ...
\end{itemize}
However I can't write as follows.
\begin{itemize}
\item[\includegraphics{imagename}] ...
\end{itemize}
I want to use figures as \item of itemize in latex.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

The more robust way of doing this is to enclose the \includegraphics within braces. This way, you can also set optional parameters if you need to.
\begin{itemize}
\item[{\includegraphics{imagename}}]
\item[{\includegraphics[scale=.5]{imagename}}]
\end{itemize}

Answer 2

I think the solution is to switch from
\item[\includegraphics{imagename}] ...
to
\item \includegraphics{imagename} ...
The following code, for example, should compile smoothly:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item \includegraphics{test.jpg} some text
\item \includegraphics{test.jpg} some other
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
(make sure you have a test image file test.jpg in the same folder of your .tex file before compiling).
Other thing is to use \item[...] to change the item mark:
\begin{itemize}
\item[$\bullet$] \includegraphics{test.jpg} some text
\item[$\diamond$] \includegraphics{test.jpg} some other
\end{itemize}
Finally, if you have a small/icon size image in your folder (one, test.jpg, or more), you can try this variation:
\begin{itemize}
\item[] \includegraphics{test.jpg} some text
\item[] \includegraphics{test.jpg} some other
\end{itemize}

Answer 3

Although Matt solution solved your problem, I believe that it is not exactly what you was looking for. From what I understand you want to use your own images instead of default dots of \item in \itemize. Best solution 3 leads to "space_aka_different_dot image text", so your image won't be exactly in dot place - emptiness will. You should try instead:
\begin{itemize}
\item[$\includegraphics{test.jpg}$] text
\end{itemize}