Find a Degree | Undergraduate | Newcastle University

Sustainable Water - Global Challenges - Newcastle University

A-Z List - Research - Newcastle University

Food Security - Global Challenges - Newcastle University

University Library - Explore the possibilities - University Library - Newcastle University

Careers Service - Careers Service - Newcastle University

Faculty of Medical Sciences - Research - Newcastle 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 2024

November 2024

Newcastle University

Title / URL	Issues
Find a Degree \| Undergraduate \| Newcastle Universitywww.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/	100
Sustainable Water - Global Challenges - Newcastle Universitywww.ncl.ac.uk/globalchallenges/water/	32
A-Z List - Research - Newcastle Universitywww.ncl.ac.uk/research/directory/atoz/	22
Food Security - Global Challenges - Newcastle Universitywww.ncl.ac.uk/globalchallenges/food-security/	21
University Library - Explore the possibilities - University Library - Newcastle Universitywww.ncl.ac.uk/library/	3
Careers Service - Careers Service - Newcastle Universitywww.ncl.ac.uk/careers/	1
Faculty of Medical Sciences - Research - Newcastle Universitywww.ncl.ac.uk/research/directory/medical/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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