Working with us | Westward

Westward Housing Group | Westward

Accessibility of website | Westward

Homes for sale | Westward

Your tenancy | Westward

Contact us | Westward

Your finances | Westward

MyAccount | Westward

FAQs | Westward

Housing association for Devon and Cornwall | Westward

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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March 2025

February 2025

Westward Housing Group Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Working with us \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/job-search	3
Westward Housing Group \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/your-home	3
Accessibility of website \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/accessibility	3
Homes for sale \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/home-for-sale	3
Your tenancy \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/your-tenancy	3
Contact us \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/contact-us	3
Your finances \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/your-finances	3
MyAccount \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/myaccount	3
FAQs \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/faq	3
Housing association for Devon and Cornwall \| Westwardwww.westwardhousing.org.uk/	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Westward Housing Group Limited

Where this issue has occurred