diff --git a/framework/core/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx b/framework/core/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx
index 218b353c9..078f868bd 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx
+++ b/framework/core/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import type Mithril from 'mithril';
 import Separator from '../components/Separator';
 import classList from '../utils/classList';
+import type * as Component from '../Component';
 
-function isSeparator(item): boolean {
+function isSeparator(item: Mithril.Children): boolean {
   return item.tag === Separator;
 }
 
-function withoutUnnecessarySeparators(items: Array<Mithril.Vnode>): Array<Mithril.Vnode> {
-  const newItems = [];
-  let prevItem;
+function withoutUnnecessarySeparators(items: Mithril.Children): Mithril.Children {
+  const newItems: Mithril.Children = [];
+  let prevItem: Mithril.Child;
 
   items.filter(Boolean).forEach((item: Mithril.Vnode, i: number) => {
     if (!isSeparator(item) || (prevItem && !isSeparator(prevItem) && i !== items.length - 1)) {
@@ -20,17 +21,36 @@ function withoutUnnecessarySeparators(items: Array<Mithril.Vnode>): Array<Mithri
   return newItems;
 }
 
+export interface ModdedVnodeAttrs {
+  itemClassName?: string;
+  key?: string;
+}
+
+export type ModdedVnode<Attrs> = Mithril.Vnode<ModdedVnodeAttrs, Component.default<Attrs> | {}> & {
+  itemName?: string;
+  itemClassName?: string;
+};
+
 /**
- * The `listItems` helper wraps a collection of components in <li> tags,
+ * The `listItems` helper wraps an array of components in the provided tag,
  * stripping out any unnecessary `Separator` components.
+ *
+ * By default, this tag is an `<li>` tag, but this is customisable through the
+ * second function parameter, `customTag`.
  */
-export default function listItems(items: Mithril.Vnode | Array<Mithril.Vnode>): Array<Mithril.Vnode> {
+export default function listItems<Attrs extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+  items: ModdedVnode<Attrs> | ModdedVnode<Attrs>[],
+  customTag: string | Component.default<Attrs> = 'li',
+  attributes: Attrs = {}
+): Mithril.Vnode[] {
   if (!(items instanceof Array)) items = [items];
 
-  return withoutUnnecessarySeparators(items).map((item: Mithril.Vnode) => {
-    const isListItem = item.tag && item.tag.isListItem;
-    const active = item.tag && item.tag.isActive && item.tag.isActive(item.attrs);
-    const className = (item.attrs && item.attrs.itemClassName) || item.itemClassName;
+  const Tag = customTag;
+
+  return withoutUnnecessarySeparators(items).map((item: ModdedVnode<Attrs>) => {
+    const isListItem = item.tag?.isListItem;
+    const active = item.tag?.isActive?.(item.attrs);
+    const className = item.attrs?.itemClassName || item.itemClassName;
 
     if (isListItem) {
       item.attrs = item.attrs || {};
@@ -41,12 +61,14 @@ export default function listItems(items: Mithril.Vnode | Array<Mithril.Vnode>):
     const node: Mithril.Vnode = isListItem ? (
       item
     ) : (
-      <li
+      // @ts-expect-error `Component` does not have any construct or call signatures
+      <Tag
         className={classList([className, item.itemName && `item-${item.itemName}`, active && 'active'])}
-        key={(item.attrs && item.attrs.key) || item.itemName}
+        key={item?.attrs?.key || item.itemName}
+        {...attributes}
       >
         {item}
-      </li>
+      </Tag>
     );
 
     return node;