Medical School | Education | Medical College of Wisconsin

Research | Medical College of Wisconsin

Community Connection | Medical College of Wisconsin

Giving | Medical College of Wisconsin

Pharmacy School | Education | Medical College of Wisconsin

Education | Medical College of Wisconsin

Community Partnerships | Medical College of Wisconsin

Home | Medical College of Wisconsin

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Patient Care | Medical College of Wisconsin

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Medical School \| Education \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/education/medical-school	6
Research \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/research	6
Community Connection \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/departments/community-connection	6
Giving \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/giving	6
Pharmacy School \| Education \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/education/pharmacy-school	6
Education \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/education	6
Community Partnerships \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/community	6
Home \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.mcw.edu/	6
Patient Care \| Medical College of Wisconsinwww.mcw.edu/patient-care	6

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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