Columbia College Library

Columbia College Maps

Columbia College Campus Tours

Columbia College Campus Safety & Security

Columbia College Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS)

Columbia College 404 - Not Found!

Columbia College Academic Achievement Center

Columbia College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Columbia College Dual Enrollment

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

Columbia College CA

Title / URL	Issues
Columbia College Librarywww.gocolumbia.edu/library/	5
Columbia College Mapswww.gocolumbia.edu/maps/	5
Columbia College Mapswww.gocolumbia.edu/maps/default.php	5
Columbia College Campus Tourswww.gocolumbia.edu/campustours/	5
Columbia College Campus Safety & Securitywww.gocolumbia.edu/safety/default.php	5
Columbia College Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS)www.gocolumbia.edu/dsps/default.php	5
Columbia College 404 - Not Found!www.gocolumbia.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	5
Columbia College Academic Achievement Centerwww.gocolumbia.edu/aac/default.php	5
Columbia College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committeewww.gocolumbia.edu/governance/dei/	5
Columbia College Dual Enrollmentwww.gocolumbia.edu/dualenrollment/	5

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Columbia College CA

Where this issue has occurred