TRiO - Green River College

Veterans - Green River College

Student Support & Services - Green River College

Helen S. Smith Gallery - Green River College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Academic Dates & Deadlines - Green River College

GRC Virtual Assistance - Green River College

Green River College

Career & Advising Center - Green River College

Sorry, That Page Has Moved - Green River College

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

Green River Community College

Title / URL	Issues
TRiO - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/students/trio/	2
Veterans - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/veterans/	2
Student Support & Services - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/support/	2
Helen S. Smith Gallery - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/community/art-gallery/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.greenriver.edu/	2
Academic Dates & Deadlines - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/students/academics/dates/	2
GRC Virtual Assistance - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/va/	2
Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/	2
Career & Advising Center - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/cac/	2
Sorry, That Page Has Moved - Green River Collegewww.greenriver.edu/404/index	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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