Working at Concordia - Concordia University

News - Concordia University

Concordia University

Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science - Concordia University

Faculty of Arts and Science - Concordia University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Faculty of Fine Arts - Concordia University

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

February 2026

January 2026

Title / URL	Issues
Working at Concordia - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/hr/jobs.html	1
News - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/news.html	1
Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/	1
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/ginacody.html	1
Faculty of Arts and Science - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/artsci.html	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.concordia.ca/	1
Faculty of Fine Arts - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/finearts.html	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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