EMU Mission, Vision, Values

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at EMU

Fast Facts

About EMU

Visiting EMU

Library

Academics

EMU Family

Homecoming and Family Weekend 2024

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

July 2025

June 2025

Eastern Mennonite University

Title / URL	Issues
EMU Mission, Vision, Valuesemu.edu/president/mission	52
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at EMUemu.edu/dei/	32
Fast Factsemu.edu/about/facts	26
About EMUemu.edu/about/	26
Visiting EMUemu.edu/about/visit	26
Libraryemu.edu/library/	26
Academicsemu.edu/academics/	24
404emu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	24
EMU Familyemu.edu/family/	24
Homecoming and Family Weekend 2024emu.edu/homecoming/	22

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Eastern Mennonite University

Where this issue has occurred