How Do I? - County of Marin

County of Marin - Departments

Contact Directory - County of Marin

Enhanced Court Collections - County of Marin

404 - File or directory not found - County of Marin

FAQs - Agriculture, Weights and Measures - Marin County

Marin Communities - County of Marin

Assessor - Recorder - County Clerk - Marin County

Business License - Department of Finance - County of Marin

History - County of Marin

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

June 2024

May 2024

Marin County

Title / URL	Issues
How Do I? - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/main/howdoi	46
County of Marin - Departmentswww.marincounty.org/depts	26
Contact Directory - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/main/contacts	21
Enhanced Court Collections - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/ec	20
404 - File or directory not found - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/invented-url-for-404-page	17
FAQs - Agriculture, Weights and Measures - Marin Countywww.marincounty.org/depts/ag/faqs	16
Marin Communities - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/residents/community/marin-communities	14
Assessor - Recorder - County Clerk - Marin Countywww.marincounty.org/depts/ar	14
Business License - Department of Finance - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/df/business-license-information	13
History - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/government/about-marin/history	13

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Marin County

Where this issue has occurred