Strategic Planning | YSU

Tuition & Financial Aid | YSU

Faculty & Staff | YSU

Department Website Update Request Form | YSU

About YSU | YSU

A - Z Index | YSU

Apply to YSU | YSU

Resch Academic Success Center | YSU

Event Calendar | YSU

News Center | YSU

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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January 2025

December 2024

Youngstown State University

Title / URL	Issues
Strategic Planning \| YSUysu.edu/strategic-planning	4
Tuition & Financial Aid \| YSUysu.edu/tuition-financial-aid	1
Faculty & Staff \| YSUysu.edu/faculty-staff	1
Department Website Update Request Form \| YSUysu.edu/office-marketing-and-communications/marketing/web-team/department-website-update-request-form	1
About YSU \| YSUysu.edu/about-ysu	1
A - Z Index \| YSUysu.edu/a-z-index	1
Apply to YSU \| YSUysu.edu/admissions/apply-to-ysu	1
Resch Academic Success Center \| YSUysu.edu/resch-academic-success-center	1
Event Calendar \| YSUysu.edu/event-calendar	1
News Center \| YSUysu.edu/news	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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