False Positive: Ensures DT and DD elements are contained by a DL (reopen 1265)

[jplejacq-quoininc-com]

Product

axe-core

Product Version

4.60.1

Latest Version

• I have tested the issue with the latest version of the product

Issue Description

Expectation

This is reopening an earlier issue with the same title
#1265

A test site to see this is:

https://salus-cm.care/

[straker]

Thanks for the issue. I believe the issue is that each of the dl and wrapping div elements each use role=list and role=listitem respectively. This causes the definition list to be treated as a list so the dt element is not contained with a definition list. If you remove the roles it should work.

[jplejacq-quoininc-com]

Hi Steven, Thanks for the quick response. Two concerns here. 1. Adding the roles is perfectly correct here. axe-core should not be flagging this as a violation. A dl is a list. 2. I needed this to prevent another error from popping up with axe-core. I normally won't put these roles here put it caused other errors from showing up.

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-- JP

On Monday, August 14, 2023 9:04:02 AM EDT Steven Lambert wrote: Thanks for the issue. I believe the issue is that each of the `dl` and wrapping `div` elements each use `role=list` and `role=listitem` respectively. This causes the definition list to be treated as a list so the `dt` element is not contained with a definition list. If you remove the roles it should work.

[straker]

The problem is that a dt and dd element can only be used within a roleless dl element and contained by a roleless div element. What was the issue that you were trying to fix by adding the roles?

[straker]

Closing due to lack of activity. Please feel free to reopen if you can provide more information.