Mayor Linda Gorton | City of Lexington

| City of Lexington

Public notices | City of Lexington

LexCall 311 | City of Lexington

Log in | City of Lexington

LEXserv | City of Lexington

Voting information | City of Lexington

Lex TV | City of Lexington

City web policies | City of Lexington

Council At-Large and Vice Mayor, Dan Wu | City of Lexington

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

January 2025

December 2024

Fayette County, Kentucky

Title / URL	Issues
Mayor Linda Gorton \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/mayor	23
\| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/events	11
Public notices \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/public-notices	9
LexCall 311 \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/lexcall	8
Log in \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/user/login	8
LEXserv \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/lexserv	8
Voting information \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/vote	7
Lex TV \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/departments/lextv	7
City web policies \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/terms-of-use	6
Council At-Large and Vice Mayor, Dan Wu \| City of Lexingtonwww.lexingtonky.gov/vice-mayor	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Fayette County, Kentucky

Where this issue has occurred