Calendars / Home

Santa Maria High School / Homepage

Community / Homepage

Dress Codes / Dress Codes

Fine Arts / Home

About Us / Home

Business & Finance / Business & Finance

Santa Maria Independent School District / Homepage

Menu / Menu

Student Code of Conduct / Home

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

June 2024

May 2024

Santa Maria ISD

Title / URL	Issues
Calendars / Homewww.smisd.net/domain/77	42
Santa Maria High School / Homepagewww.smisd.net/Domain/10	14
Community / Homepagewww.smisd.net/domain/55	11
Dress Codes / Dress Codeswww.smisd.net/domain/78	11
Fine Arts / Homewww.smisd.net/domain/90	11
About Us / Homewww.smisd.net/domain/72	11
Business & Finance / Business & Financewww.smisd.net/domain/86	11
Santa Maria Independent School District / Homepagewww.smisd.net/	11
Menu / Menuwww.smisd.net/domain/80	11
Student Code of Conduct / Homewww.smisd.net/domain/85	11

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