Agenda Center • Douglas County, WI • CivicEngage

Douglas County, WI - Official Website | Official Website

Passports | Douglas County, WI - Official Website

Dog Licensing | Douglas County, WI - Official Website

Land Records | Douglas County, WI - Official Website

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Departments | Douglas County, WI - Official Website

Departments A-Z | Douglas County, WI - Official Website

My Account • Douglas County, WI • CivicEngage

How Do I... | Douglas County, WI - Official Website

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

Douglas County, Wisconsin

Title / URL	Issues
Agenda Center • Douglas County, WI • CivicEngagewww.douglascountywi.gov/AgendaCenter	8
Douglas County, WI - Official Website \| Official Websitewww.douglascountywi.gov/	6
Passports \| Douglas County, WI - Official Websitewww.douglascountywi.gov/1021/Passports	4
Dog Licensing \| Douglas County, WI - Official Websitewww.douglascountywi.gov/561/Dog-Licensing	4
Land Records \| Douglas County, WI - Official Websitewww.douglascountywi.gov/869/Land-Records	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.douglascountywi.gov/	3
Departments \| Douglas County, WI - Official Websitewww.douglascountywi.gov/8/Departments	3
Departments A-Z \| Douglas County, WI - Official Websitewww.douglascountywi.gov/922/Departments-A-Z	3
My Account • Douglas County, WI • CivicEngagewww.douglascountywi.gov/MyAccount	2
How Do I... \| Douglas County, WI - Official Websitewww.douglascountywi.gov/35/How-Do-I	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Douglas County, Wisconsin

Where this issue has occurred