Translate | Nashville.gov

Services | Nashville.gov

Newsroom | Nashville.gov

Transit | Nashville.gov

Metropolitan Clerk's Office | Nashville.gov

Nashville.gov Terms of Service | Nashville.gov

Davidson County Election Commission | Nashville.gov

Metro Nashville Government Mobile Apps | 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

December 2025

November 2025

Davidson County, Tennessee

Title / URL	Issues
Translate \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/translate	7
Services \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/services	1
Services \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/services?keyword=Property&departments=All	1
Services \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/services?keyword=park&departments=5811	1
Newsroom \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/newsroom	1
Transit \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/featured-initiatives/transit	1
Metropolitan Clerk's Office \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/metro-clerk	1
Nashville.gov Terms of Service \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/government/terms-service	1
Davidson County Election Commission \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/elections	1
Metro Nashville Government Mobile Apps \| Nashville.govwww.nashville.gov/departments/government/mobile-apps	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Davidson County, Tennessee

Where this issue has occurred