#SLCCSafe | SLCC

| SLCC

Welcome to Accessibility & Disability Services | SLCC

Alumni | SLCC

Contact Center | SLCC

I'm In | SLCC

SLCC | SLCC

About | SLCC

Policies | SLCC

Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) | SLCC

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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Title / URL	Issues
#SLCCSafe \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/safe/index.aspx	1
\| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/jobs/index.aspx	1
Welcome to Accessibility & Disability Services \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/drc/Home/index.aspx	1
Alumni \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/alumni/index.aspx	1
Contact Center \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/contact/index.aspx	1
I'm In \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/imin/index.aspx	1
SLCC \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/index.aspx	1
About \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/about/index.aspx	1
Policies \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/policies/index.aspx	1
Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) \| SLCCwww.slcc.edu/hsi/index.aspx	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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