First time visit: View without clicking anything

Efter- og videreuddannelse

Ledige stillinger

Ledelse

Det rullende Universitet

Nyheder

Cookiepolitik

Kommercialisering af forskning

Aarhus Universitet - presseinformation - find ekspertlister, forskere...

Om AU

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

December 2025

November 2025

Aarhus University

Title / URL	Issues
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.au.dk/	4
Efter- og videreuddannelsewww.au.dk/evu	4
Ledige stillingerwww.au.dk/om/stillinger/	4
Ledelsewww.au.dk/om/uni	4
Det rullende Universitetwww.au.dk/detrullendeuniversitet	4
Nyhederwww.au.dk/nyheder/	4
Cookiepolitikwww.au.dk/cookiepolitik/	4
Kommercialisering af forskningwww.au.dk/samarbejde/kommercialisering-af-forskning	4
Aarhus Universitet - presseinformation - find ekspertlister, forskere...www.au.dk/om/presse/	4
Om AUwww.au.dk/om	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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