County of Marin - Departments

404 - File or directory not found - County of Marin

Domestic Partnerships - County Clerk - County of Marin

Certificate Information - Recorder - County of Marin

Marriage Certificates Request - Recorder - County of Marin

Fictitious Business Name - County Clerk - County of Marin

Property Tax Relief – Decline in Value - Assessor - County of Marin

Marriage License - Recorder - 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 2025

May 2025

Marin County

	Title / URL	Issues
	County of Marin - Departmentswww.marincounty.org/depts	26
	404 - File or directory not found - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/invented-url-for-404-page	17
	Domestic Partnerships - County Clerk - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/ar/divisions/county-clerk/domestic-partnerships	12
	Certificate Information - Recorder - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/ar/divisions/recorder/certificates-information	11
	Marriage Certificates Request - Recorder - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/ar/divisions/recorder/marriage-certificates	8
	Fictitious Business Name - County Clerk - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/ar/divisions/county-clerk/fbn	7
	Property Tax Relief – Decline in Value - Assessor - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/ar/divisions/assessor/property-tax-relief	7
	Marriage License - Recorder - County of Marinwww.marincounty.org/depts/ar/divisions/recorder/marriage-license	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Marin County

Where this issue has occurred