Cobb County Public Library | Cobb County Georgia

Water | Cobb County Georgia

Fire | Cobb County Georgia

Police | Cobb County Georgia

iCOBB | Cobb County Georgia

Courts | Cobb County Georgia

Sustainability, Waste, and Beautification | Cobb County Georgia

911 | Cobb County Georgia

Internal Audit | Cobb County Georgia

CDBG Program Office | Cobb County Georgia

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

May 2025

April 2025

Cobb County, Georgia

Title / URL	Issues
Cobb County Public Library \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/library	3
Water \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/water	3
Fire \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/fire	3
Police \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/police	3
iCOBB \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/icobb	3
Courts \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/courts	3
Sustainability, Waste, and Beautification \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/swb	3
911 \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/911	3
Internal Audit \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/internal-audit	3
CDBG Program Office \| Cobb County Georgiawww.cobbcounty.org/cdbg	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Cobb County, Georgia

Where this issue has occurred