Dinuba - "Together, a better community."

Planning & Development

Documents & Records

Departments

City Council

Human Resources

Fire Department

Finance Department

City of Dinuba Redistricting Process

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

September 2025

August 2025

City of Dinuba

Title / URL	Issues
Dinuba - "Together, a better community."dinuba.org/	64
Dinuba - "Together, a better community."dinuba.org/index.php	64
Planning & Developmentdinuba.org/departments/planning-development	50
Documents & Recordsdinuba.org/services/forms/documents-records	38
Departmentsdinuba.org/departments	34
City Councildinuba.org/government/city-council	34
Human Resourcesdinuba.org/departments/human-resources	25
Fire Departmentdinuba.org/departments/fire-department	24
Finance Departmentdinuba.org/departments/finance-department	22
City of Dinuba Redistricting Processdinuba.org/government/redistricting-process	22

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

City of Dinuba

Where this issue has occurred