Payment Templates | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Publications | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

About | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Home | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Contact us | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Film | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Creative Schools | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Who we funded | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Dance | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Music | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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

May 2025

April 2025

Arts Council (An Chomhairle Ealaíon)

Title / URL	Issues
Payment Templates \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/Funding/Payment-Templates/	9
Publications \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/publications/	4
About \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/about/	4
Home \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/home/	4
Contact us \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/contact-us/	4
Film \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Film/	4
Creative Schools \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/creative-schools/	4
Who we funded \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/funding-decisions/	4
Dance \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Dance/	4
Music \| The Arts Council \| An Chomhairle Ealaíonwww.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Music/	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Arts Council (An Chomhairle Ealaíon)

Where this issue has occurred