Contact USA | University of South Alabama

About USA | About the University of South Alabama

USA Libraries | University of South Alabama

USA One Stop | University of South Alabama | USA One Stop

Board of Trustees | University of South Alabama

Student Services | University of South Alabama

Financial Aid | University of South Alabama

University Of South Alabama | Campus Map

The Gulf Coast

Our Campus | About the University of South Alabama

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

January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Contact USA \| University of South Alabamawww.southalabama.edu/contactusa/	19
About USA \| About the University of South Alabamawww.southalabama.edu/aboutusa/	16
USA Libraries \| University of South Alabamawww.southalabama.edu/libraries/	16
USA One Stop \| University of South Alabama \| USA One Stopwww.southalabama.edu/onestop/	16
Board of Trustees \| University of South Alabamawww.southalabama.edu/departments/trustees/	16
Student Services \| University of South Alabamawww.southalabama.edu/studentservices/	16
Financial Aid \| University of South Alabamawww.southalabama.edu/departments/finaid/	16
University Of South Alabama \| Campus Mapwww.southalabama.edu/campusmap/	16
The Gulf Coastwww.southalabama.edu/aboutusa/gulfcoast/	16
Our Campus \| About the University of South Alabamawww.southalabama.edu/aboutusa/campus.html	16

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