About - UTHealth Houston

Visiting Scholars - UTHealth Houston

Canvas at UTHealth - UTHealth Houston

University A-Z Directory

Student Health & Counseling Services - UTHealth Houston

Office of the Registrar - UTHealth Houston

myUTH - Office of the Registrar - UTHealth Houston

Research Service Centers & Core Labs - Office of Research - UTHealth Houston

Clinical Trials Resource Center - UTHealth Houston

Office of Research - UTHealth Houston

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

November 2025

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University of Texas Health Science Center Houston

Title / URL	Issues
About - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/about/	6
Visiting Scholars - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/visiting-scholars/	1
Canvas at UTHealth - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/canvas/	1
University A-Z Directorywww.uth.edu/index/a2z.htm	1
Student Health & Counseling Services - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/studenthealth/	1
Office of the Registrar - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/registrar/	1
myUTH - Office of the Registrar - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/registrar/myuth.htm	1
Research Service Centers & Core Labs - Office of Research - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/research/core-labs/	1
Clinical Trials Resource Center - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/ctrc/	1
Office of Research - UTHealth Houstonwww.uth.edu/research/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

University of Texas Health Science Center Houston

Where this issue has occurred