Student Awards & Financial Aid: Thompson Rivers University

Programs | Thompson Rivers University

Contact Information: Thompson Rivers University

Williams Lake Campus: Thompson Rivers University

Courses, Thompson Rivers University

Adult Basic Education at Thompson Rivers University

Indigenous TRU | Thompson Rivers University

English as a Second Language at Thompson Rivers University

Current Students | Thompson Rivers University

Open Learning: Online and Distance Education | Thompson Rivers University

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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April 2025

March 2025

Thompson Rivers University

Title / URL	Issues
Student Awards & Financial Aid: Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/awards.html	2
Programs \| Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/programs.html	1
Contact Information: Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/contact.html	1
Williams Lake Campus: Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/williamslake.html	1
Courses, Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/programs/courses.html	1
Adult Basic Education at Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/programs/abe.html	1
Indigenous TRU \| Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/indigenous.html	1
English as a Second Language at Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/programs/esl.html	1
Current Students \| Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/current.html	1
Open Learning: Online and Distance Education \| Thompson Rivers Universitywww.tru.ca/distance.html	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred