ITW Global Supplier Commitment | ITW

ITW Sustainability Report Downloads | ITW

Contact ITW for Corporate or General Inquires | ITW

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Terms and Conditions of Use | ITW

Privacy Statement for ITW.com | ITW

ITW’s Commitment to Community and Local Organization Support | ITW

Our Stories - Page 1 of 2

ITW’s Environmental, Supply Chain and Product Responsibility | ITW

Error | ITW

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

Illinois Tool Works

Title / URL	Issues
ITW Global Supplier Commitment \| ITWwww.itw.com/suppliers/	42
ITW Sustainability Report Downloads \| ITWwww.itw.com/sustainability/reports-and-downloads/	38
Contact ITW for Corporate or General Inquires \| ITWwww.itw.com/contact-us/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.itw.com/	1
Terms and Conditions of Use \| ITWwww.itw.com/terms-and-conditions-of-use/	1
Privacy Statement for ITW.com \| ITWwww.itw.com/privacy-statement/	1
ITW’s Commitment to Community and Local Organization Support \| ITWwww.itw.com/sustainability/our-communities/	1
Our Stories - Page 1 of 2www.itw.com/blog/categories/automotive%20oem/	1
ITW’s Environmental, Supply Chain and Product Responsibility \| ITWwww.itw.com/sustainability/our-environment/	1
Error \| ITWwww.itw.com/invented-url-for-404-page/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Illinois Tool Works

Where this issue has occurred