City Attorney – City of Fresno

Public Works – City of Fresno

Personnel Services – City of Fresno

City Manager – City of Fresno

Mayor – City of Fresno

Fresno Fire Department – City of Fresno

Business – City of Fresno

Parks and Recreation – City of Fresno

SERVICES – City of Fresno

Community – City of Fresno

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

June 2025

May 2025

City of Fresno

	Title / URL	Issues
	City Attorney – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/cityattorney/	3
	Public Works – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/publicworks/	3
	Personnel Services – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/personnel/	3
	City Manager – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/citymanager/	3
	Mayor – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/mayor/	3
	Fresno Fire Department – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/fire/	3
	Business – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/business/	3
	Parks and Recreation – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/parks/	3
	SERVICES – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/services/	3
	Community – City of Fresnowww.fresno.gov/community/	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Fresno

Where this issue has occurred