Management | Costain

Offshore | Costain

Meet the experts | Costain

Consultancy and advisory | Costain

What we do | Costain

Complex programme delivery | Costain

Costain at a glance | Costain

Energy | Costain

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Privacy and cookies policy | Costain

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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Offshore \| Costainwww.costain.com/what-we-do/energy/oil-and-gas/offshore/	30
Meet the experts \| Costainwww.costain.com/about-us/meet-the-experts/	30
Consultancy and advisory \| Costainwww.costain.com/what-we-do/services/consultancy-and-advisory/	30
What we do \| Costainwww.costain.com/what-we-do/	30
Complex programme delivery \| Costainwww.costain.com/what-we-do/services/complex-programme-delivery/	30
Costain at a glance \| Costainwww.costain.com/about-us/costain-at-a-glance/	30
Energy \| Costainwww.costain.com/what-we-do/energy/	30
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.costain.com/	30
Privacy and cookies policy \| Costainwww.costain.com/privacy-and-cookies-policy/	30

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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