Translate | Nashville.gov

Human Resources | Nashville.gov

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Newsroom | Nashville.gov

Transit | Nashville.gov

Metro | Nashville.gov

Services | Nashville.gov

Mayor's Office | Nashville.gov

Davidson County Election Commission | Nashville.gov

Finance Procurement Division | Nashville.gov

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

Davidson County, Tennessee

Title / URL	Issues
Translate \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/translate	12
Human Resources \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/human-resources	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.nashville.gov/	6
Newsroom \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/newsroom	6
Transit \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/featured-initiatives/transit	6
Metro \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/	6
Services \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/services	6
Mayor's Office \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/mayor	6
Davidson County Election Commission \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/elections	6
Finance Procurement Division \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/finance/procurement	6

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Davidson County, Tennessee

Where this issue has occurred