Publications - National Crime Agency

Inclusion, diversity and equality - National Crime Agency

Home - National Crime Agency

Cymraeg - National Crime Agency

Accessibility statement - National Crime Agency

Search - National Crime Agency

News - National Crime Agency

How to join the NCA - National Crime Agency

Firearms - National Crime Agency

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

March 2025

February 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Publications - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications	6
Publications - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications	6
Inclusion, diversity and equality - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/inclusion-diversity-and-equality	5
Home - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/	5
Cymraeg - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/cymraeg	5
Accessibility statement - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/accessibility-statement	5
Search - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/all-news	5
News - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news	5
How to join the NCA - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/careers/how-to-join-the-nca	5
Firearms - National Crime Agencywww.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/component/tags/tag/firearms	5

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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