Government, Business and Public Services

Infrastructure, Safety and Environment Services

Services by Audience

Our Highlighted Amenities

Services for Community and Well Being

Park Amenities

Services for People

Services By Deliverable

Library Amenities

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)

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July 2025

June 2025

Manatee County, Florida

	Title / URL	Issues
	Government, Business and Public Serviceswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/government--business-and-public-services	100
	Infrastructure, Safety and Environment Serviceswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/infrastructure--safety-and-environment	100
	Services by Audiencewww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/services-by-audience	100
	Our Highlighted Amenitieswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/amenities	100
	Our Highlighted Amenitieswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities	100
	Services for Community and Well Beingwww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/community-and-well-being-services	100
	Park Amenitieswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/amenities/park-amenities	92
	Services for Peoplewww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/services-by-audience/services-for-people	92
	Services By Deliverablewww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/service-outputs	91
	Library Amenitieswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/amenities/library-amenities	79

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Manatee County, Florida

Where this issue has occurred