Prepare for University - CQUniversity

Courses - CQUniversity

Study a Postgraduate Course - CQUniversity

Events - CQUniversity

Study an Undergraduate Course - CQUniversity

CQUniversity

Experience CQU - CQUniversity

Flexible and Supportive Online Study - CQUniversity

Browse our CQU News articles - CQUniversity

Why Study at CQU - CQUniversity

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

Central Queensland University

Title / URL	Issues
Prepare for University - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/study/prepare	10
Courses - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/courses	10
Study a Postgraduate Course - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/study/postgraduate	10
Events - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/events	10
Study an Undergraduate Course - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/study/undergraduate	10
CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/	10
Experience CQU - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/study/experience	10
Flexible and Supportive Online Study - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/study/online	10
Browse our CQU News articles - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/news	10
Why Study at CQU - CQUniversitywww.cqu.edu.au/study/why	10

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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