Career Services | SUNY Oswego - Career Services

Office of International Education and Programs | International Education and Programs

Quick links | SUNY Oswego

Academic Programs |

College offices | SUNY Oswego

Colleges and Schools | SUNY Oswego

The Excelsior Scholarship | Financial Aid

Safety on Campus |

The Office of Financial Aid | Financial Aid

Page not found | SUNY Oswego

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.

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December 2024

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State University of New York at Oswego

Title / URL	Issues
Career Services \| SUNY Oswego - Career Serviceswww.oswego.edu/career-services/	1
Office of International Education and Programs \| International Education and Programswww.oswego.edu/international/	1
Quick links \| SUNY Oswegowww.oswego.edu/popular-links	1
Academic Programs \|www.oswego.edu/programs/	1
College offices \| SUNY Oswegowww.oswego.edu/about/college-offices	1
Colleges and Schools \| SUNY Oswegowww.oswego.edu/academics/colleges-and-departments	1
The Excelsior Scholarship \| Financial Aidwww.oswego.edu/financial-aid/excelsior-scholarship	1
Safety on Campus \|www.oswego.edu/safety-on-campus/	1
The Office of Financial Aid \| Financial Aidwww.oswego.edu/financial-aid/	1
Page not found \| SUNY Oswegooswego.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1

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