diff --git a/addons/project/static/src/components/project_task_state_selection/project_task_state_selection.scss b/addons/project/static/src/components/project_task_state_selection/project_task_state_selection.scss
index ed237603c96..adf6eaf92d3 100644
--- a/addons/project/static/src/components/project_task_state_selection/project_task_state_selection.scss
+++ b/addons/project/static/src/components/project_task_state_selection/project_task_state_selection.scss
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     }
 
     .o_task_state_list_view {
+        height: $o-line-size;
+
         .fa-lg {
             font-size: 1.315em;
             vertical-align: -6%;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/scss/secondary_variables.scss b/addons/web/static/src/scss/secondary_variables.scss
index be18c69584c..5ef2650bca1 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/scss/secondary_variables.scss
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/scss/secondary_variables.scss
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ $o-statusbar-disabled-bg: lighten($o-brand-lightsecondary, 7%) !default;
 
 $o-datepicker-week-bg-color: lighten($o-datepicker-week-color, 30%) !default;
 
+// Computation of the total height of a single line,
+// useful to visually center elements eg. in a list view.
+$o-line-size: $o-line-height-base * $o-font-size-base !default;
+
 // Form
 
 // Safest for the next value would be map-get($container-max-widths, lg) as it
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.scss b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.scss
index ba8fa1648c0..df18ecb6d2b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.scss
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.scss
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@
 
                 display: table-cell;
                 @include text-truncate();
-                vertical-align: middle;
+
+                .o_field_priority .fa, .o_field_list_activity .fa {
+                    line-height: $o-line-size;
+                }
 
                 &.o_list_text {
                     white-space: pre-wrap;