Launch of New Ombudsman Booklet - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

Links - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

2013-14 Annual Report - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

Page not found - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

Other Ombudsman Offices - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

Contact Form - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

First time visit: View without clicking anything

ODF launches the 2022 Annual report - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

Privacy Policy - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

Profile of the Ombudsman - Ombudsman of the Defence Forces

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

February 2025

January 2025

Office of Ombudsman for the Defence Forces

Title / URL	Issues
Launch of New Ombudsman Booklet - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/news/launch-of-new-ombudsman-booklet/	2
Links - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/links/	2
2013-14 Annual Report - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/news/2013-14-annual-report/	2
Page not found - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Other Ombudsman Offices - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/links/other-ombudsmans/	2
Contact Form - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/contact-form/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.odf.ie/	2
ODF launches the 2022 Annual report - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/news/odf-launches-the-2022-annual-report/	2
Privacy Policy - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/privacy-policy/	2
Profile of the Ombudsman - Ombudsman of the Defence Forceswww.odf.ie/about-us/profile-of-the-ombudsman/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Office of Ombudsman for the Defence Forces

Where this issue has occurred