Student Life | UNB

Admissions | University of New Brunswick (UNB) | UNB

Parents and supporters | UNB

Career Connections | UNB

Academics & Programs | UNB

Scholarships | UNB

Future International Students | UNB

First time visit: View without clicking anything

University of New Brunswick | UNB

School of Graduate Studies | Master's and PHD programs | UNB

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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University of New Brunswick

Title / URL	Issues
Student Life \| UNBwww.unb.ca/studentlife/	28
Admissions \| University of New Brunswick (UNB) \| UNBwww.unb.ca/admissions/	23
Parents and supporters \| UNBwww.unb.ca/parents/	19
Career Connections \| UNBwww.unb.ca/careerconnections/	17
Academics & Programs \| UNBwww.unb.ca/academics/	16
Scholarships \| UNBwww.unb.ca/moneymatters/scholarships/	15
Future International Students \| UNBwww.unb.ca/international/	15
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.unb.ca/	15
University of New Brunswick \| UNBwww.unb.ca/	15
School of Graduate Studies \| Master's and PHD programs \| UNBwww.unb.ca/gradstudies/	15

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred