Awareness Committee for Citizens with Disabilities

Main menu

Transit and Parking

Lafayette Animal Shelter and Care Center

Sign Regulations

Civil Service

Services

Business Center

Directors

Innovation and Technology

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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January 2025

December 2024

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Title / URL	Issues
Awareness Committee for Citizens with Disabilitieswww.lafayettela.gov/dac/default	5
Main menulafayettela.gov/	5
Transit and Parkinglafayettela.gov/trb/transit-parking	5
Lafayette Animal Shelter and Care Centerwww.lafayettela.gov/lascc/default	5
Sign Regulationswww.lafayettela.gov/DP/sign-regulations	5
Civil Servicelafayettela.gov/civil-service/default	5
Serviceswww.lafayettela.gov/services	5
Business Centerwww.lafayettela.gov/business-center	5
Directorslafayettela.gov/directors	5
Innovation and Technologywww.lafayettela.gov/is-t/default	5

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Where this issue has occurred