Assessing Property | Dakota County

About Us | Dakota County

Information Technology | Dakota County

Performance & Analysis | Dakota County

Departments | Dakota County

County Manager | Dakota County

County Sheriff | Dakota County

Maps & Directions | Dakota County

Board of Commissioners | Dakota County

Contact Us | Dakota County

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

January 2025

December 2024

Dakota County, Minnesota

Title / URL	Issues
Assessing Property \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/HomeProperty/Assessing/Pages/default.aspx	3
About Us \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/About/Pages/default.aspx	3
Information Technology \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/IT/Pages/default.aspx	3
Performance & Analysis \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/Analysis/Pages/default.aspx	3
Departments \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/Departments/Pages/default.aspx	3
County Manager \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/Manager/Pages/default.aspx	3
County Sheriff \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/Sheriff/Pages/default.aspx	3
Maps & Directions \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/MapDirections/Pages/default.aspx	3
Board of Commissioners \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/Board/Pages/default.aspx	3
Contact Us \| Dakota Countywww.co.dakota.mn.us/Contact/Pages/default.aspx	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Dakota County, Minnesota

Where this issue has occurred