Honors Program | McMurry University

Student Success and Support - McMurry University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Registrar | McMurry University

Human Resources | McMurry University

Wellness Community | McMurry University

Leadership | McMurry University

Get to Know Divisions and Schools - McMurry University

Pre-Professional Programs | McMurry University

Institutional Review Board - McMurry University

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

McMurry University

Title / URL	Issues
Honors Program \| McMurry Universitymcm.edu/academic-divisions-and-schools/honors-program/	30
Student Success and Support - McMurry Universitymcm.edu/student-success-and-support/	30
First time visit: View without clicking anythingmcm.edu/	30
Registrar \| McMurry Universitymcm.edu/registrar-office/	30
Human Resources \| McMurry Universitymcm.edu/human-resources/	30
Wellness Community \| McMurry Universitymcm.edu/human-resources/wellness-community/	30
Leadership \| McMurry Universitymcm.edu/about-mcmurry/campus-leadership/	30
Get to Know Divisions and Schools - McMurry Universitymcm.edu/academic-divisions-and-schools/	30
Pre-Professional Programs \| McMurry Universitymcm.edu/pre-professional-programs/	30
Institutional Review Board - McMurry Universitymcm.edu/institutional-review-board/	30

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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