Undergraduate Admission | Queen's University

Safety & Security Resources | Office of Risk and Safety Services

Queen's University Canada

Student Resources | Queen's University

Departments & Programs | Queen's University

Experience Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario

Leadership | Queen's University

About Queen's University

Top University in Canada | Queen's

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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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Queen's University at Kingston

Title / URL	Issues
Undergraduate Admission \| Queen's Universitywww.queensu.ca/admission/	10
Safety & Security Resources \| Office of Risk and Safety Serviceswww.queensu.ca/risk/security/resources	9
Queen's University Canadawww.queensu.ca/	4
Student Resources \| Queen's Universitywww.queensu.ca/current-students	4
Departments & Programs \| Queen's Universitywww.queensu.ca/academics/programs	4
Experience Queen's University in Kingston, Ontariowww.queensu.ca/experience	4
Leadership \| Queen's Universitywww.queensu.ca/administration	4
About Queen's Universitywww.queensu.ca/about	4
Top University in Canada \| Queen'swww.queensu.ca/academics	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.queensu.ca/	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Queen's University at Kingston

Where this issue has occurred