One College, Many Locations | EICC

Student Life

Current Students | EICC

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Events

Admissions & Aid | EICC

Faculty & Staff | EICC

Parents & Family | EICC

Services & Support | EICC

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

Title / URL	Issues
One College, Many Locations \| EICCeicc.edu/services-support/location/	4
Student Lifeeicc.edu/services-support/student-life/	4
Current Students \| EICCeicc.edu/eicc-for/current-students/	4
Eastern Iowa Community Collegeseicc.edu/	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingeicc.edu/	4
Eventseicc.edu/events/	4
Admissions & Aid \| EICCeicc.edu/admission-aid/	1
Faculty & Staff \| EICCeicc.edu/eicc-for/faculty-staff/	1
Parents & Family \| EICCeicc.edu/eicc-for/parents-family/	1
Services & Support \| EICCeicc.edu/services-support/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges

Where this issue has occurred