TUS | Limerick School of Art & Design

TUS | Student Counselling

TUS | Events

TUS | Staff

TUS | TUS Midwest Corporate

TUS | Student Health

TUS | Home

TUS | Postgraduate

TUS | Taste Restaurant

TUS | TUS Sport

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

December 2025

November 2025

Technological University of the Shannon

Title / URL	Issues
TUS \| Limerick School of Art & Designlit.ie/lsad	4
TUS \| Student Counsellinglit.ie/counselling	3
TUS \| Eventslit.ie/en-ie/events	3
TUS \| Stafflit.ie/staffhub	3
TUS \| TUS Midwest Corporatelit.ie/corporate	3
TUS \| Student Healthlit.ie/student-health	3
TUS \| Homelit.ie/	3
TUS \| Postgraduatelit.ie/postgrad	3
TUS \| Taste Restaurantlit.ie/taste	3
TUS \| TUS Sportlit.ie/sport	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Technological University of the Shannon

Where this issue has occurred