Safety and security | SCAD

Career support | SCAD

Minors | SCAD

Faculty | SCAD

SCAD at a glance | SCAD

SCAD Accessibility Policy | SCAD.edu

Alumni network | SCAD

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

July 2025

June 2025

Savannah College of Art and Design

Title / URL	Issues
Safety and security \| SCADwww.scad.edu/life/safety-and-security	46
Career support \| SCADwww.scad.edu/success/career-support	45
Minors \| SCADwww.scad.edu/academics/minors	45
Faculty \| SCADwww.scad.edu/academics/faculty	45
SCAD at a glance \| SCADwww.scad.edu/about/scad-glance	45
SCAD Accessibility Policy \| SCAD.eduwww.scad.edu/accessibility-policy	45
Alumni network \| SCADwww.scad.edu/success/alumni-network	45

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Savannah College of Art and Design

Where this issue has occurred