Make Search Results and Listing of Bookmarks an Ordered List

[mtribone]

The listings for search results and bookmarks appear to be an ordered list, but are not marked up as ordered lists. There is a that has a number in it and visually looks like an ordered list, but doesn't have a good context or operability for individuals who use assistive technology.

Marking up the list as an ordered list provides more context for users along with indicating where they are in the result set.

[jvine]

Would the 'ol' starting number be set programmatically on each page? Or is the ordered list for context within the current page (i.e. you're on the 7th item on this page, which corresponds to result # 47 overall)?

(FWIW we considered adding list markup several years ago; our accessibility consultant at the time felt the heading structure with numbers in the content was sufficient, so we didn't pursue it.)

[mtribone]

@jvine Yeah I can understand the heading structure with the numbers being used considered sufficient, but screen readers will announce a list on the page with X number of items and have some handy ways to navigate around rather than trying to infer relationships from the heading structure and the number. Semantically it's better as an ordered list and you get free stuff right out of the browser box.

It'll know what position it is in the result set regardless of what page of the result you are on currently. For example, a big empty search in ScholarSphere will show that item 91 really is item 91 of 5,145 and not just relative to the page.

I think using <ol> is a good enhancement of the current code. We might need to make some CSS adjustments for style.