Arts at Davidson | Davidson

Mission and Values | Davidson

Get Involved | Davidson

News & Events | Davidson

Catalyst | Davidson

Davidson College | Davidson

Offices and Services | Davidson

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Majors, Minors and Programs | Davidson

Current Students | Davidson

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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Title / URL	Issues
Arts at Davidson \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/arts	4
Mission and Values \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/about/mission-and-values	4
Get Involved \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/campus-life/get-involved	4
News & Events \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/news-events	4
Catalyst \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/catalyst	4
Davidson College \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/	4
Offices and Services \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/offices-and-services	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.davidson.edu/	4
Majors, Minors and Programs \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/majors-minors-programs	4
Current Students \| Davidsonwww.davidson.edu/current-students	4

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