Community Relations

Alumni Relations

Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs

Careers @ Brock

Break through here. – Brock University

Academic Integrity

Professional and Continuing Studies

International

Current Students

Student Accounts & Financial Aid

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

July 2025

June 2025

Brock University

Title / URL	Issues
Community Relationsbrocku.ca/community-relations/	1
Alumni Relationsbrocku.ca/alumni/	1
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairsbrocku.ca/graduate-studies/	1
Careers @ Brockbrocku.ca/careers/	1
Break through here. – Brock Universitybrocku.ca/and/break-through/	1
Academic Integritybrocku.ca/academic-integrity/	1
Professional and Continuing Studiesbrocku.ca/continuing-education/	1
Internationalbrocku.ca/international/	1
Current Studentsbrocku.ca/current-students/	1
Student Accounts & Financial Aidbrocku.ca/safa/	1

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