Giving in memory | National Trust for Scotland

Our history | National Trust for Scotland

Archaeology | National Trust for Scotland

Donate | National Trust for Scotland

Membership | National Trust for Scotland

Get involved | National Trust for Scotland

Buildings | National Trust for Scotland

Places | National Trust for Scotland

Things to do | National Trust for Scotland

Countryside | National Trust for Scotland

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

May 2025

April 2025

National Trust for Scotland

Title / URL	Issues
Giving in memory \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/donate/donate-in-memory	3
Our history \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/what-we-do/history	2
Archaeology \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/what-we-do/archaeology	2
Donate \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/donate	2
Membership \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/become-a-member	2
Get involved \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/support-us/get-involved	2
Buildings \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/what-we-do/buildings	2
Places \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/visit/places	2
Things to do \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/visit/things-to-do	2
Countryside \| National Trust for Scotlandwww.nts.org.uk/what-we-do/countryside-and-wildlife	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

National Trust for Scotland

Where this issue has occurred