Re: is there any accessibility downside to having role="list" on an ul element?

Yes, in some scenarios, this puts it far better than I can:

https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2019/01/12/lists-and-safari.html#a-fix-for-the-fix

Regards,

Alan

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Elections Canada / Élections Canada
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A design component library we are using is putting role="list" on ul elements. Aside from just being sort of stupid are there any actual accessibility problems associated with that?

Thanks,
Bryan Rasmussen