Honors Program - Northern Virginia Community College

Academics - Northern Virginia Community College

College Forms Library - Northern Virginia Community College

NOVA ESL - Northern Virginia Community College

Calendars - Northern Virginia Community College

Pathways - Northern Virginia Community College

Transfer - Northern Virginia Community College

Libraries - Northern Virginia Community College

CCAMPIS: Supporting Parenting Students - Northern Virginia Community College

Bookstore - Northern Virginia Community College

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

June 2025

May 2025

Northern Virginia Community College

Title / URL	Issues
Honors Program - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/honors/index.html	5
Academics - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/academics/index.html	4
College Forms Library - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/forms/index.html	4
NOVA ESL - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/nova-esl/index.html	4
Calendars - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/calendars/index.html	4
Pathways - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/academics/pathways/index.html	4
Transfer - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/transfer/index.html	4
Libraries - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/library/index.html	4
CCAMPIS: Supporting Parenting Students - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/ccampis/index.html	4
Bookstore - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/bookstore/index.html	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred