Stormwater Management MCM-1

Stormwater Management

Central Dispatch & 911 Services

Recycling Center | Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Court

Animal Services | Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Court

Human Resources | Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Court

Coroner's Office | Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Court

Judge Executive's Office | Oldham County Fiscal Court

Oldham County Engineer

County Road Department | Oldham County Fiscal Court

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

Oldham County, Kentucky

Title / URL	Issues
Stormwater Management MCM-1www.oldhamcountyky.gov/mcm1	19
Stormwater Managementwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/stormwater	9
Central Dispatch & 911 Serviceswww.oldhamcountyky.gov/ocdispatch	3
Recycling Center \| Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Courtwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/recycling	3
Animal Services \| Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Courtwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/animalservices	2
Human Resources \| Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Courtwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/humanresources	2
Coroner's Office \| Oldham County Kentucky Fiscal Courtwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/coroner	2
Judge Executive's Office \| Oldham County Fiscal Courtwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/welcome	2
Oldham County Engineerwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/countyengineer	2
County Road Department \| Oldham County Fiscal Courtwww.oldhamcountyky.gov/roaddepartment	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Oldham County, Kentucky

Where this issue has occurred