Bereavement | Life Events | Halifax

Halifax UK | Site map

Accessibility and disability | Help Centre | Halifax

Everyday banking | Online Services | Halifax

Problem Loading Page Requested

Life Events | Help Centre | Halifax

Halifax - Online Internet Banking security - Security and Privacy

Money worries | Help Centre | Halifax

First Time Buyer Help | Help And Advice | Halifax

Identify a Transaction | Help Centre | Halifax UK

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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June 2024

May 2024

Halifax

Title / URL	Issues
Bereavement \| Life Events \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/life-events/bereavement.html	41
Halifax UK \| Site mapwww.halifax.co.uk/sitemap.html	40
Accessibility and disability \| Help Centre \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/accessibility.html	40
Everyday banking \| Online Services \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/aboutonline.html?WT.ac=eb-nav/access/hub	40
Problem Loading Page Requestedwww.halifax.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page.html	40
Life Events \| Help Centre \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/life-events.html	40
Halifax - Online Internet Banking security - Security and Privacywww.halifax.co.uk/securityandprivacy.html	40
Money worries \| Help Centre \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/managingyourmoney/moneyworries.html	40
First Time Buyer Help \| Help And Advice \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/mortgages/help-and-advice/first-time-buyers.html	40
Identify a Transaction \| Help Centre \| Halifax UKwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/identify-a-transaction.html	40

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Halifax

Where this issue has occurred