Tikzpicture as bullet in itemize

Question

Is it possible to use Tikz nodes as bullets inside itemize with Beamer? My very naive try doesn't work (obviously):

\begin{itemize}
\item[\begin{tikzpicture}\node[draw,circle,minimum size=9mm] {x};\end{tikzpicture}] x
\end{itemize}

Can you please expand the code snippet that you have posted to a full minimal working example. It is much easier to help you if we can start with some compilable code that illustrates your problem. A MWE should start with a \documentclass command, include any necessary packages and be as small as possible to demonstrate your problem. It is possible to use tikz inside an \item (see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/442257/any-idea-how-can-i-draw-the-skills-for-resume-like-this/442263#442263). Try adding [fragile] to the fame. — , Sep 17 '20 at 08:32
Additionally [...[...]...] is not a good idea, the parse does not know how to match the proper []'s. So \item[{\begin{tikzpicture}\node[draw,circle,minimum size=9mm] {x};\end{tikzpicture}}] is better — daleif, Sep 17 '20 at 08:38
Indeed, I solved this by putting the whole tikzpicture in a \newcommand, but the solution by @javadr also works. — Filippo Bistaffa, Sep 17 '20 at 10:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '20 at 08:42

You can use \tikz instead of \begin{tikzpicture}, like below:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usefonttheme{serif}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item  [\tikz{\node[draw,circle,minimum size=3mm] {x};}] test
        \item 
        \item 
    \end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Tikzpicture as bullet in itemize

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