Leave a gift in your Will | The Salvation Army

Donate | The Salvation Army

Our leadership | The Salvation Army

Publications | The Salvation Army

Run | The Salvation Army

Page not found | The Salvation Army

In the community | The Salvation Army

Philanthropy | The Salvation Army

Family tracing | The Salvation Army

Homelessness | The Salvation Army

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

Salvation Army UK

Title / URL	Issues
Leave a gift in your Will \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/gifts-wills	1
Donate \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/donate	1
Our leadership \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/our-leadership	1
Publications \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/publications	1
Run \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/run	1
Page not found \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
In the community \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/community	1
Philanthropy \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/philanthropy	1
Family tracing \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/family-tracing	1
Homelessness \| The Salvation Armywww.salvationarmy.org.uk/homelessness	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Salvation Army UK

Where this issue has occurred