diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts
index dd9a77c3ac..9186e3aa82 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts
@@ -222,15 +222,17 @@ export class Et2Tree extends Et2WidgetWithSelectMixin(LitElement)
 
 				::part(expand-button) {
 					rotate: none;
-					padding: 0 0 0 5em;
+					padding: 0 0.2em 0 5em;
 					margin-left: -5em;
 
 				}
 
 				/* Stop icon from shrinking if there's not enough space */
+				/* increase font size by 2px this was previously done in pixelegg css but document css can not reach shadow root*/
 
 				sl-tree-item sl-icon {
 					flex: 0 0 1em;
+					font-size: calc(100% + 2px);
 				}
 
 				::part(label) {