Recovery | Orange County

Newsroom | Orange County

2020 Census: Complete Yours Today! | Orange County

“Autumn OC” Photo Contest | Orange County

Orange County | Orange County

Facts & Figures | Orange County

OC Links | Orange County

Contact the County | Orange County

War & Terrorism | Orange County

In Touch with the County | Orange County

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

Orange County, California

	Title / URL	Issues
	Recovery \| Orange Countyocgov.com/recovery	52
	Newsroom \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/info-oc/newsroom	45
	2020 Census: Complete Yours Today! \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/info-oc/census-2020	41
	“Autumn OC” Photo Contest \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/info-oc/photo-contest	40
	Orange County \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/	39
	Facts & Figures \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/info-oc/facts-figures	39
	OC Links \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/info-oc/oc-links	38
	Contact the County \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/contact-county	38
	War & Terrorism \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/emergency/war-terrorism	38
	In Touch with the County \| Orange Countywww.ocgov.com/about-county/info-oc/touch-county	38

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Orange County, California

Where this issue has occurred