Element li requires ol, ul or menu parent Web Standard

Description

Element li not allowed as child element in this context.

Help

The li element must appear inside an ol, ul, or menu element. Without the parent list element it looks like a bullet list, but is not voiced as a list by a screen reader.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• EN-301-549 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• HTML

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints. EN 301 549 checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.1 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 6.50 Oct 2023 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: W3cHtml5Error-RnvErElem-li