html - Arrow menu and line-height -

i've got problem menu, work great, i've got longer menu item names, , messing layout. can help, i've run out of ideas.

html

<ul>   <li><a href="#">foobar</a></li>   <li class="active"><a href="#">foobar</a></li>   <li><a href="http://line25.com/tutorials/how-to-create-flat-style-breadcrumb-links-with-css">foobar longer</a></li>   <li><a href="#">foobar</a></li>   <li><a href="#">foobar</a></li> </ul> 

css

ul {     margin: 20px 60px; }  ul li {     display: inline-block;     height: 60px;     line-height: 60px;     width: 100px;    margin: 15px 10px 0 0;     text-indent: 35px;     position: relative; }  ul li:before {     content: " ";     height: 0;     width: 0;     position: absolute;     left: -2px;     border-style: solid;     border-width: 30px 0 30px 30px;     border-color: transparent transparent transparent #fff;     z-index: 0; }  ul li:first-child:before {     border-color: transparent; }  ul li a:after {     content: " ";     height: 0;     width: 0;     position: absolute;     right: -30px;     border-style: solid;  border-width: 30px 0 30px 30px;     border-color: transparent transparent transparent #ccc;     z-index: 10; }  ul li.active {     background: #2e6ab3;     z-index: 100; }  ul li.active a:after {     border-left-color: #2e6ab3; }  ul li {     display: block;     background: #ccc; }  ul li a:hover {     background: pink; }  ul li a:hover:after {     border-color: transparent transparent transparent pink;  } 

here fiddle.

the problem line-height not text, coloured background well. want make line-height smaller, fit base height, , background base height.

thanks, mani

use min-width in li , height in ul: https://jsfiddle.net/ilpo/ksnr3/1793/