indy.gov: City-County Council

indy.gov

indy.gov: Request Indy

indy.gov: Explore Topics

indy.gov: Child Support

indy.gov: Office of the Mayor

indy.gov: Welcome to Vision Zero Indianapolis

indy.gov: Contact the Mayor

indy.gov: Services and Information

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

July 2025

June 2025

Marion County, Indiana

	Title / URL	Issues
	indy.gov: City-County Councilwww.indy.gov/agency/city-county-council	1
	indy.govwww.indy.gov/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	indy.govwww.indy.gov/search?term=	1
	indy.gov: Request Indywww.indy.gov/activity/request-indy	1
	indy.gov: Explore Topicswww.indy.gov/topics	1
	indy.gov: Child Supportwww.indy.gov/topic/child-support	1
	indy.gov: Office of the Mayorwww.indy.gov/agency/office-of-the-mayor	1
	indy.gov: Welcome to Vision Zero Indianapoliswww.indy.gov/topic/vision-zero	1
	indy.gov: Contact the Mayorwww.indy.gov/topic/contact-the-mayor	1
	indy.gov: Services and Informationwww.indy.gov/activities	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Marion County, Indiana

Where this issue has occurred