University of Montana | Public Flagship in Missoula | University of Montana

Campus Recreation | University of Montana

My UM for Students | University of Montana

About UM | University of Montana

Accessibility | University of Montana

Graduate School | University of Montana | University of Montana

404 - File Not Found | University of Montana

CyberBear | University of Montana

Academics | University of Montana

Welcome To Our Table | University of Montana

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

University of Montana

Title / URL	Issues
University of Montana \| Public Flagship in Missoula \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/	4
Campus Recreation \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/crec/	4
My UM for Students \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/my/	4
About UM \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/about/	4
Accessibility \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/accessibility/	4
Graduate School \| University of Montana \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/grad/	4
404 - File Not Found \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	4
CyberBear \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/cyberbear/	4
Academics \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/academics/	4
Welcome To Our Table \| University of Montanawww.umt.edu/dining/	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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