Chris Cage | Leidos

Company | Leidos

Jim Carlini | Leidos

Our Founder | Leidos

Paul Engola | Leidos

Roy Stevens | Leidos

Steve Cook | Leidos

For Employees | Leidos

Newsroom | Leidos

Liz Porter | Leidos

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

September 2024

August 2024

Leidos Holdings

Title / URL	Issues
Chris Cage \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company/leadership/cage	2
Company \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company	2
Jim Carlini \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company/leadership/carlini	2
Our Founder \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company/history/our-founder	2
Paul Engola \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company/leadership/engola	2
Roy Stevens \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company/leadership/stevens	2
Steve Cook \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company/leadership/cook	2
For Employees \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/employees	2
Newsroom \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/newsroom	2
Liz Porter \| Leidoswww.leidos.com/company/leadership/porter	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Leidos Holdings

Where this issue has occurred