County Projects

Departments

Colleges and Universities

Interlocal Agreement

Leon County Government

Home

Leon Jobs

Community Partners

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

Leon County, Florida

Title / URL	Issues
County Projectscms.leoncountyfl.gov/Business/County-Projects	14
Departmentscms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Departments	12
Colleges and Universitiescms.leoncountyfl.gov/Visitor/Colleges-and-Universities	11
Interlocal Agreementcms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Documents/Interlocal-Agreement	10
Leon County Governmentcms.leoncountyfl.gov/	9
Other Documentscms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Documents/Other-Documents	8
Homecms.leoncountyfl.gov/Library	7
Homecms.leoncountyfl.gov/library	7
Leon Jobscms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Departments/Human-Resources/Leon-Jobs	7
Community Partnerscms.leoncountyfl.gov/Community/Community-Partners	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Leon County, Florida

Where this issue has occurred