Search | Habinteg Housing Association

Anti-social behaviour | Habinteg Housing Association

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Centre for Accessible Environments | Habinteg Housing Association

Housing and disabled people: a toolkit for local authorities in England | Habinteg Housing Association

Home | Habinteg Housing Association

Work for us | Habinteg Housing Association

Celebrating 50 years | Habinteg Housing Association

Pay your rent | Habinteg Housing Association

Home Truths: Rebutting 10 myths about building accessible housing | Habinteg Housing Association

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.

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Title / URL	Issues
Search \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/search	12
Anti-social behaviour \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/asb	12
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.habinteg.org.uk/	12
Centre for Accessible Environments \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/cae	12
Housing and disabled people: a toolkit for local authorities in England \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/ehrc	12
Home \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/	12
Work for us \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/jobs	12
Celebrating 50 years \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/50th	12
Pay your rent \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/rents	12
Home Truths: Rebutting 10 myths about building accessible housing \| Habinteg Housing Associationwww.habinteg.org.uk/hometruths	12

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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