Contact Us • City of Salisbury

Arts and Culture • City of Salisbury

Operations Centre • City of Salisbury

Waste and Recycling • City of Salisbury

City of Salisbury Major Events • City of Salisbury

Libraries • City of Salisbury

Health Services • City of Salisbury

Services • City of Salisbury

Volunteering • City of Salisbury

City of Salisbury • Progressive, sustainable, connected.

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.

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June 2025

May 2025

City of Salisbury

Title / URL	Issues
Contact Us • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/council/contact-us	6
Arts and Culture • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/activities/arts-and-culture	6
Operations Centre • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/services/operations-centre	6
Waste and Recycling • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/services/waste-and-recycling	6
City of Salisbury Major Events • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/activities/major-events	6
Libraries • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/community/libraries	6
Health Services • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/services/health-services	6
Services • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/services	6
Volunteering • City of Salisburywww.salisbury.sa.gov.au/council/volunteering	6
City of Salisbury • Progressive, sustainable, connected.www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/	6

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Salisbury

Where this issue has occurred