Civil Ceremonies - City of Pasadena

Bus Bench Repair - City of Pasadena

Employment - City of Pasadena

City Commissions - City of Pasadena

Animal License - City of Pasadena

Bulky Item Pick up - City of Pasadena

Abandoned Items - City of Pasadena

Bus Route - City of Pasadena

Library Card - City of Pasadena

Dial A Ride - City of Pasadena

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

June 2025

May 2025

City of Pasadena

	Title / URL	Issues
	Civil Ceremonies - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/civil-ceremonies/	2
	Bus Bench Repair - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/bus-bench-repair/	2
	Employment - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/employment/	2
	City Commissions - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/city-commissions/	2
	Animal License - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/animal-license/	2
	Bulky Item Pick up - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/bulky-item-pick-up/	2
	Abandoned Items - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/abandoned-items/	2
	Bus Route - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/bus-route/	2
	Library Card - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/library-card/	2
	Dial A Ride - City of Pasadenawww.cityofpasadena.net/city-services/dial-a-ride-2/	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

City of Pasadena

Where this issue has occurred