Front page | Åbo Akademi

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Pääsivu | Åbo Akademi

Startsida | Åbo Akademi

Centret för livslångt lärande vid Åbo Akademi | Åbo Akademi

Dataskydd vid Åbo Akademi | Åbo Akademi

Aktuellt | Åbo Akademi

Jobba hos oss | Åbo Akademi

Studera hos oss | Åbo Akademi

Samarbeta med oss | Åbo Akademi

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

January 2026

December 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Front page \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/en/	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.abo.fi/	6
Pääsivu \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/fi/	6
Startsida \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/	6
Centret för livslångt lärande vid Åbo Akademi \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/centret-for-livslangt-larande/	5
Dataskydd vid Åbo Akademi \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/dataskydd/	2
Aktuellt \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/aktuellt/	2
Jobba hos oss \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/om-abo-akademi/jobba-hos-oss/	2
Studera hos oss \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/studera-hos-oss/	2
Samarbeta med oss \| Åbo Akademiwww.abo.fi/samverkan/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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