Open Government

Board of County Commissioners (BCC)

Social Media

Neighborhoods & Housing

Environment

Employment & Volunteerism

Payment Center

Visitors Portal

Area Agencies

Permits & Licenses

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.

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July 2025

June 2025

Orange County, Florida

	Title / URL	Issues
	Open Governmentwww.orangecountyfl.net/OpenGovernment.aspx	4
	Board of County Commissioners (BCC)www.orangecountyfl.net/BoardofCommissioners.aspx	4
	Social Mediawww.orangecountyfl.net/Home/SocialMedia.aspx	4
	Neighborhoods & Housingwww.orangecountyfl.net/NeighborsHousing.aspx	4
	Environmentwww.orangecountyfl.net/Environment.aspx	4
	Employment & Volunteerismwww.orangecountyfl.net/EmploymentVolunteerism.aspx	4
	Payment Centerwww.orangecountyfl.net/PaymentCenter.aspx	4
	Visitors Portalwww.orangecountyfl.net/Visitors.aspx	4
	Area Agencieswww.orangecountyfl.net/AreaAgencies.aspx	4
	Permits & Licenseswww.orangecountyfl.net/PermitsLicenses.aspx	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Orange County, Florida

Where this issue has occurred