City Open House and Public Hearing – City of Angels

Policy Statement – City of Angels

City Fees – City of Angels

Police Department – City of Angels

Finance Department – City of Angels

Projects – City of Angels

Living in Angels – City of Angels

Community and Economic Development – City of Angels

Greenhorn LLD – City of Angels

Burning Regulations – City of Angels

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be completely obscured by anything in front of it.

## Why this matters

When using a keyboard, it is important that the user can see where they are on the page.
If the focus indicator is obscured, the user may not know where they are, and may not
be able to interact with the page.

## Examples

Most common examples include:

* Banners at the top or bottom of the page, such as cookie banners
* Fixed navigation bars
* Fixed footers
* Popup modals, such as cookie consent modals

## How to fix

With elements that cover part of the screen, such as cookie banners, ensure
that the user can scroll to see any content behind the banner, without having to close
the banner.

With popup modals, it should usually be impossible to focus anything behind the modal.
Most common modal frameworks will automatically trap focus within the modal, so that
this is impossible. Example: [Bootstrap Modal](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/components/modal/#live-demo).

## Further reading

This is part of the draft WCAG 2.2 specification and is subject to change.

* [WCAG 2.4.12](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/focus-not-obscured.html)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

July 2025

June 2025

City of Angels Camp

Title / URL	Issues
City Open House and Public Hearing – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/public-hearing/	2
Policy Statement – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/policy-statement/	2
City Fees – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/city-fees/	2
Police Department – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/police/	2
Finance Department – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/city-hall/budget-finance/	2
Projects – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/projects/	2
Living in Angels – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/living-in-angels/	2
Community and Economic Development – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/community-development/	2
Greenhorn LLD – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/city-hall/greenhorn-lld/	2
Burning Regulations – City of Angelsangelscamp.gov/fire/burning-regulations/	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

City of Angels Camp

Where this issue has occurred