Chalmers University of Technology

Om Chalmers

Institutioner vid Chalmers tekniska högskola

Anmälan och behörighet

Centrum

Samarbeta med oss

Vi utbildar nya forskare

Studentstöd

Utbildning

Nyheter

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

March 2025

February 2025

Chalmers tekniska högskola

Title / URL	Issues
Chalmers University of Technologywww.chalmers.se/en/	1
Om Chalmerswww.chalmers.se/om-chalmers/	1
Institutioner vid Chalmers tekniska högskolawww.chalmers.se/institutioner/	1
Anmälan och behörighetwww.chalmers.se/utbildning/anmalan-och-behorighet/	1
Centrumwww.chalmers.se/centrum/	1
Samarbeta med osswww.chalmers.se/samarbeta-med-oss/	1
Vi utbildar nya forskarewww.chalmers.se/forskning/vi-utbildar-nya-forskare/	1
Studentstödwww.chalmers.se/utbildning/studentstod/	1
Utbildningwww.chalmers.se/utbildning/	1
Nyheterwww.chalmers.se/aktuellt/nyheter/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Chalmers tekniska högskola

Where this issue has occurred