Housing and Residential Life | University of La Verne

La Verne Online | University of La Verne

The Arts at La Verne | University of La Verne

Life at La Verne | University of La Verne

Policy Search | University of La Verne

About the University of La Verne | University of La Verne

Academics at La Verne | University of La Verne

News & Publications | University of La Verne

Regional Campuses in Southern California | University of La Verne

Business and Community Partners | University of La Verne

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

February 2025

January 2025

University of La Verne

Title / URL	Issues
Housing and Residential Life \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/housing/	1
La Verne Online \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/online/	1
The Arts at La Verne \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/life/arts/	1
Life at La Verne \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/life/	1
Policy Search \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/policies/	1
About the University of La Verne \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/about/	1
Academics at La Verne \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/academics/	1
News & Publications \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/news/	1
Regional Campuses in Southern California \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/locations/	1
Business and Community Partners \| University of La Vernelaverne.edu/partners/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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