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9.3 On each web page, is each list correctly structured?

WCAG references
  • 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A)
Techniques
  • F2
  • G115
  • G153
  • H40
  • H48

Official methodology to test criterion 9.3

Test 1 (9.3.1)

  1. Find elements in the document that are visually grouped together in the form of an unordered list.
  2. For each list, check that the list is structured
    • either using the elements <ul> and <li>;
    • or using elements with WAI-ARIA attributes role="list" and role="listitem".
  3. If this is the case for each unordered list, the test is validated.

Test 2 (9.3.2)

  1. Find elements in the document that are visually grouped together in the form of an ordered list.
  2. For each list, check that the list is structured
    • either using the elements <ol> and <li>;
    • or using elements with WAI-ARIA attributes role="list" and role="listitem".
  3. If this is the case for each ordered list, the test is validated.

Test 3 (9.3.3)

  1. Find the elements in the document that are visually grouped together in the form of a description list.
  2. For each list, check that the list is implemented using the elements <dl>, <dt> and <dd>.
  3. If this is the case for each description list, the test is validated.