Virginia State University

National HBCU Studies Data Collection and Research Center | Virginia State University

Complete FAFSA Online | Virginia State University

Current Students | Virginia State University

Canvas LMS | Virginia State University

Admissions | Virginia State University

SACSCOC | Virginia State University

Financial Aid | Virginia State University

Trojan Link | Virginia State University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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

December 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/	4
National HBCU Studies Data Collection and Research Center \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/academics/hbcu-studies/	4
Complete FAFSA Online \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/financial-aid/fafsa.php	4
Current Students \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/current-students.php	4
Canvas LMS \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/academics/canvas-lms/	4
Admissions \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/admissions/	4
SACSCOC \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/sacscoc/	4
Financial Aid \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/financial-aid/	4
Trojan Link \| Virginia State Universitywww.vsu.edu/trojanlink/	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.vsu.edu/	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred