Postgraduate On-demand | SOAS

Undergraduate On-demand | SOAS

Specialist art short courses | SOAS

Clearing at SOAS | SOAS

SOAS On-demand | SOAS

Why study at SOAS? | SOAS

Student Enterprise | SOAS

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

January 2025

December 2024

SOAS University of London

Title / URL	Issues
Postgraduate On-demand \| SOASwww.soas.ac.uk/demand/postgraduate-demand	18
Undergraduate On-demand \| SOASwww.soas.ac.uk/demand/undergraduate-demand	15
Specialist art short courses \| SOASwww.soas.ac.uk/art-short-courses	7
Clearing at SOAS \| SOASwww.soas.ac.uk/study/clearing-soas	5
SOAS On-demand \| SOASwww.soas.ac.uk/on-demand	5
Why study at SOAS? \| SOASwww.soas.ac.uk/study/why-study-soas	5
Student Enterprise \| SOASwww.soas.ac.uk/research/enterprise/student-enterprise	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

SOAS University of London

Where this issue has occurred