Accessibility Statement | Enterprise Ireland

Protected Disclosures | Enterprise Ireland

Policies & Guidelines | Enterprise Ireland

Improve sustainability | Business Support | Enterprise Ireland

Business Start-up Grants | Business Support | Enterprise Ireland

Connect with Irish Innovation | Global | Enterprise Ireland

Latest News | Enterprise Ireland

Become a client | Enterprise Ireland

Publications | Enterprise Ireland

Upcoming Business Support Events | Enterprise Ireland

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

August 2025

July 2025

Enterprise Ireland

Title / URL	Issues
Accessibility Statement \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/legal/accessibility	68
Protected Disclosures \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/legal/protected-disclosures	25
Policies & Guidelines \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/legal/policies-guidelines	2
Improve sustainability \| Business Support \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/sustainability	1
Business Start-up Grants \| Business Support \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/supports/start-ups	1
Connect with Irish Innovation \| Global \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/global	1
Latest News \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/news	1
Become a client \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/become-a-client	1
Publications \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/publications	1
Upcoming Business Support Events \| Enterprise Irelandwww.enterprise-ireland.com/en/events	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Enterprise Ireland

Where this issue has occurred