Book a Venue | City of Parramatta

Street Activity and Events | City of Parramatta

Swimming | City of Parramatta

Page not found | City of Parramatta

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Library | City of Parramatta

Off-leash Dog Areas | City of Parramatta

Child care centres | City of Parramatta

Community | City of Parramatta

Visiting | City of Parramatta

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 Parramatta Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Book a Venue \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/living/book-a-venue	100
	Street Activity and Events \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/street-activity	100
	Swimming \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/recreation/swimming	100
	Page not found \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/invented-url-for-404-page	100
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/	100
	Library \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/community/library	100
	Off-leash Dog Areas \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/off-leash-areas	100
	Child care centres \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/living/child-care-centres	100
	Community \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/community	100
	Visiting \| City of Parramattawww.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/visiting	100

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Parramatta Council

Where this issue has occurred