A to Z

Online Learning

Academic Affairs

Students Services and Support Programs

Campus Safety and Security

Catcard - HC Student ID Card

Professional Development Center

About Hartnell College

Human Resources & Equal Employment Opportunity

Measure H Bond

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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May 2025

Hartnell College

Title / URL	Issues
A to Zwww.hartnell.edu/a-to-z-new.html	1
Online Learningwww.hartnell.edu/students/online-learning/	1
Academic Affairswww.hartnell.edu/academics-affairs/index.html	1
Students Services and Support Programswww.hartnell.edu/students/index.html	1
Campus Safety and Securitywww.hartnell.edu/about/safety/index.html	1
Catcard - HC Student ID Cardwww.hartnell.edu/students/osl/catcard.html	1
Professional Development Centerwww.hartnell.edu/pdc/index.html	1
About Hartnell Collegewww.hartnell.edu/about/index.html	1
Human Resources & Equal Employment Opportunitywww.hartnell.edu/hr/index.html	1
Measure H Bondwww.hartnell.edu/about/h/index.html	1

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