Contact Us - BHT Sussex

Work, Learning & Employment - BHT Sussex

Addiction Services - BHT Sussex

Publications - BHT Sussex

Services - BHT Sussex

Phase One - BHT Sussex

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Senior Management - BHT Sussex

Where we work - BHT Sussex

Move On - BHT Sussex

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

Brighton Housing Trust

Title / URL	Issues
Contact Us - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/contact-us/	15
Work, Learning & Employment - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/services/work-learning-employment/	15
Addiction Services - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/services/addiction-services/	15
Publications - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/about/publications/	15
Services - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/services/	15
Phase One - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/services/homelessness/phase-one/	15
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.bht.org.uk/	15
Senior Management - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/about/senior-management/	15
Where we work - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/services/where-we-work/	15
Move On - BHT Sussexwww.bht.org.uk/services/addiction-services/move-on/	15

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Brighton Housing Trust

Where this issue has occurred