Vendor Inquiries | Costco

Costco Blog

Find a Warehouse at a Nearby Location | Costco

Costco Services for Members

Photo | Costco

Executive Rewards | Costco

Your Privacy Rights | Costco

Shopping Cart | Costco

Employee Website | Costco

Manufacturer Rebates | Costco

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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March 2025

February 2025

Costco Wholesale Corp.

Title / URL	Issues
Vendor Inquiries \| Costcowww.costco.com/vendor-inquiries.html	29
Costco Blogwww.costco.com/my-life.html	29
Find a Warehouse at a Nearby Location \| Costcowww.costco.com/warehouse-locations	29
Costco Services for Memberswww.costco.com/services.html	29
Photo \| Costcowww.costco.com/photo.html	29
Executive Rewards \| Costcowww.costco.com/executive-rewards.html	29
Your Privacy Rights \| Costcowww.costco.com/privacy-policy.html	29
Shopping Cart \| Costcowww.costco.com/CheckoutCartDisplayView?catalogId=10701&storeId=10301&langId=-1&krypto=vgM1bd1mZgXdU45NFDG6UxM4Xz4et048H8RKC%2FIsHEjm4vHt3oQifOdkSH0FPamKzPDdjDJFqgnFe8AfGxxpRj8topW7PTSlRkczpNEnQek%3D&ddkey=http%3ACheckoutCartView	29
Employee Website \| Costcowww.costco.com/employee-website.html	29
Manufacturer Rebates \| Costcowww.costco.com/rebates.html	29

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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