Office of International Relations at Black Hills State University - Black Hills State University

About BHSU - Vision and Mission of BHSU - Get to Know BHSU - Black Hills State University

Community - Black Hills State University

Student Life - Black Hills State University

Admissions - Black Hills State University

Visit - Black Hills State University

Black Hills State University - Home

Veterans Affairs - Black Hills State University

AZ Site Index - Black Hills State University

Events - Black Hills State University

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.

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Title / URL	Issues
Office of International Relations at Black Hills State University - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/International/	4
About BHSU - Vision and Mission of BHSU - Get to Know BHSU - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/About-BHSU/	4
Community - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/About-BHSU/Community/	4
Student Life - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/Student-Life/	4
Admissions - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/Admissions/	4
Visit - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/Admissions/Visit/	4
Black Hills State University - Homewww.bhsu.edu/	4
Veterans Affairs - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/Veterans-Affairs/	4
AZ Site Index - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/AZ-Site-Index	4
Events - Black Hills State Universitywww.bhsu.edu/events/	4

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