EHS | SUNY Canton

Forms | SUNY Canton

Admitted Student Day | SUNY Canton

Faculty | SUNY Canton

Academics | SUNY Canton

Provost | SUNY Canton

Human Resources | SUNY Canton

Community | SUNY Canton

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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

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Canton State University of New York

Title / URL	Issues
EHS \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/ehs/	31
Forms \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/forms/	31
Admitted Student Day \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/admitted/	31
Faculty \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/faculty/	31
Academics \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/academics/	31
Provost \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/provost/	31
Human Resources \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/hr/	31
Community \| SUNY Cantonwww.canton.edu/community/	31
SUNY Cantoncanton.edu/	31
First time visit: View without clicking anythingcanton.edu/	31

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Canton State University of New York

Where this issue has occurred