Tracey Reynolds | Leeds Arts University

Tom Chimiak | Leeds Arts University

Industry Opportunities | Leeds Arts University

Honor Northridge | Leeds Arts University

Beth Land | Leeds Arts University

BA (Hons) Marketing Communications Degree | Leeds Arts University

BA (Hons) Music Production Degree | Leeds Arts University

Lucy Bergman | Leeds Arts University

Dominique Fletcher | Leeds Arts University

BA (Hons) Animation Degree | Leeds Arts University

Lists of related items should be written [semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as a 
list.

Usually this means rewriting these to use the `<ul>` or `<ol>` tags.

This allows assistive technologies to more easily navigate from item to
item, or past entire groups of links if the user wants to. 

## Examples 

### Navigation

This navigation:

```html
<a href="/about">About us</a>
<a href="/products">Products</a>
<a href="/contact">Contact us</a>
```

Should be rewritten as a list:

```html
<ul>
  <li><a href="/about">About us</a></li>
  <li><a href="/products">Products</a></li>
  <li><a href="/contact">Contact us</a></li>
</ul>
```

### Tables for content

This single-column table is redundant. There is no
value in placing the content in a table, which makes
it harder for screen reader users to interpret and interact
with.

```html
<table>
  <tr>
    <td>
      Banana
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      Apple
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      Pear
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
```

Should be rewritten as a list:

```html
<ul>
  <li>Banana</li>
  <li>Apple</li>
  <li>Pear</li>
</ul>
```

## Justification

Users of assistive technologies, like screen readers, can skip an entire
list in one step. In some cases, they can even search inside a list. 

These aids are not available where links are written outside a list. 
Failing to use lists correctly can force users to have to step through
hundreds of items one at a time.

## Methodology

1. Any single-column tables are automatically considered 
   redundant lists. 
2. For non-table elements, recursively work down the page looking inside
   each element for links separated by minimal amounts of non-link text. 
   If the non-link text is below 30 characters 
   in length, we assume we're inside content that should be a list.
   Some exceptions are made, e.g. the presence of an `<hr>` would break
   out of the list.

## More information

See [Technique
H48](https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/H48) for
details.

mark-navigation-section-as-list

April 2025

March 2025

Leeds College of Art

Title / URL	Issues
Tracey Reynolds \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/profiles/tracey-reynolds	6
Tom Chimiak \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/profiles/tom-chimiak	6
Industry Opportunities \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/careers-industry/industry-opportunities	6
Honor Northridge \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/profiles/honor-northridge	6
Beth Land \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/profiles/beth-land	6
BA (Hons) Marketing Communications Degree \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-marketing-communications	6
BA (Hons) Music Production Degree \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-music-production	6
Lucy Bergman \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/profiles/lucy-bergman	6
Dominique Fletcher \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/profiles/dominique-fletcher	6
BA (Hons) Animation Degree \| Leeds Arts Universitywww.leeds-art.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-animation	6

Write lists or groups of links semantically

Leeds College of Art

Where this issue has occurred