Hurricane Preparation Guide

Lee County Southwest Florida

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Education

Office of Community Engagement

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

April 2025

Lee County, Florida

Title / URL	Issues
Hurricane Preparation Guidewww.leegov.com/hurricane	4
Lee County Southwest Floridawww.leegov.com/	3
Historywww.leegov.com/aboutus/history	3
News Releaseswww.leegov.com/news	3
Job Searchwww.leegov.com/hr/jobsearch	3
Lee County Eventswww.leegov.com/events	3
Transparency Portalwww.leegov.com/aboutus/transparency	3
Privacy & Securitywww.leegov.com/aboutus/privacy	3
Educationwww.leegov.com/residents/education	3
Office of Community Engagementwww.leegov.com/communications	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Lee County, Florida

Where this issue has occurred