Calendar • Old Town Local Advisory Committee

Calendar • 18th Annual Ralph Love Plein Air Competition

Calendar • Main Calendar

Government | Temecula CA

I-15 / French Valley Parkway Improvements | Temecula CA

Election & Voter Information | Temecula CA

Temecula CA | Official Website

Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Alexander | Temecula CA

Agendas & Action Minutes | Temecula CA

Mayor Brenden Kalfus | Temecula CA

All controls on the page - including links, buttons, and fields - should show when 
they have been selected by the keyboard.

You can confirm this yourself by loading a webpage and using the Tab key to navigate 
through it. Anything you can select should alter its appearance when selected. 
For example, a text field might change color, or have a distinctive border applied. 

This is default behavior for all standard web controls, and so if this issue is appearing
it is because this default behavior has been disabled. Or alternatively, if you have written
your own custom controls, these will need styling to support focus states.

## How to fix

Links and form controls typically define an `outline` CSS style, which ensures
they are highlighted automatically, for example:

```css
input:focus (outline: 2px solid red);
``` 

If you choose to override or disable the default `outline`, you should specify an accessible 
alternative, such as a border or background color.

### Elements appear to change in the browser

Focus states should be defined in CSS alone, and not require JavaScript to work.

Try disabling JavaScript on the page, and see if focus is still visible. If it not,
then the focus state won't work with assistive technologies that don't have a physical
keyboard, e.g. mobile phones.

Some more unusual means of implementing a focus state cannot be detected or measured
automatically. These include:

* Focus implemented via pseudo-elements - such as `::after` or `::before`.
* Focus using `:focus-within` (JavaScript current provides no way to access these).
* Focus cascaded to child elements, e.g. a `<span>` inside an `<a>` tag. We detect
  some of these cases, but there are variations that we cannot detect.

Currently, there is no practical way to assess these focus states automatically.

### Unexpected elements are focusable

You may be surprised to see tags like `<div>` or `<span>` being shown as focusable.
If an element has a `tabindex` of 0 or higher, it becomes focusable. Any HTML tag can be made 
focusable in this way, this is so that custom controls (e.g. your own drop-down menus, or 
sliders) can support keyboard navigation. [Learn more about tabindex on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/tabindex).

## Further reading

* [WCAG 2.4.7](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/focus-visible.html)

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September 2025

August 2025

City of Temecula

	Title / URL	Issues
	Calendar • Old Town Local Advisory Committeetemeculaca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=7753	92
	Calendar • 18th Annual Ralph Love Plein Air Competitiontemeculaca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=8095	92
	Calendar • Main Calendartemeculaca.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=14	92
	Government \| Temecula CAtemeculaca.gov/27/Government	2
	I-15 / French Valley Parkway Improvements \| Temecula CAtemeculaca.gov/277/French-Valley-Parkway-Interchange	2
	Election & Voter Information \| Temecula CAtemeculaca.gov/261/Election-Voter-Information	2
	Temecula CA \| Official Websitetemeculaca.gov/	2
	Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Alexander \| Temecula CAtemeculaca.gov/1429/Mayor-Pro-Tem-Jessica-Alexander	2
	Agendas & Action Minutes \| Temecula CAtemeculaca.gov/agendas	2
	Mayor Brenden Kalfus \| Temecula CAtemeculaca.gov/1541/Mayor-Brenden-Kalfus	2

Ensure controls change appearance when they are selected

City of Temecula

Where this issue has occurred