Sport - Clarence City Council

Work with us - Clarence City Council

Your neighbourhood - Clarence City Council

Weeds on your property - Clarence City Council

Dogs - Clarence City Council

Explore the community - Clarence City Council

Rates - Clarence City Council

Enquiry/Report an issue - Clarence City Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Businesses - Clarence City Council

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

August 2025

July 2025

Clarence City Council

Title / URL	Issues
Sport - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/explore/sportsgrounds-for-hire/	17
Work with us - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/careers/	17
Your neighbourhood - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/living/your-neighbourhood/	17
Weeds on your property - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/living/your-home/weeds/	17
Dogs - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/living/animals/dogs/	17
Explore the community - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/explore/	17
Rates - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/living/your-home/rates/	17
Enquiry/Report an issue - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/contact-us/	17
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/	17
Businesses - Clarence City Councilwww.ccc.tas.gov.au/living/businesses/	17

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Clarence City Council

Where this issue has occurred