SanDiegoCounty.gov

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Planning & Development Services

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

Agriculture, Weights and Measures

Department of the Medical Examiner

Page not found

Ethics and Compliance

County Technology Office

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

September 2025

August 2025

San Diego County

Title / URL	Issues
SanDiegoCounty.govwww.sandiegocounty.gov/	21
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.sandiegocounty.gov/	21
SanDiegoCounty.govwww.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/home.html	21
Planning & Development Serviceswww.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/pds.html	21
Clerk of the Board of Supervisorswww.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cob.html	20
Agriculture, Weights and Measureswww.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/awm.html	20
Department of the Medical Examinerwww.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/me.html	20
Page not foundwww.sandiegocounty.gov/invented-url-for-404-page/	20
Ethics and Compliancewww.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cao/oec.html	20
County Technology Officewww.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cto.html	20

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

San Diego County

Where this issue has occurred