FAQs • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngage

Staff Directory • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngage

I Want To... | Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Website

Calendar • Clinic Day at the Health Department

RequestTracker • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngage

Elections | Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Website

Residents | Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Website

| Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Website

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Custom404 • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngage

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

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Pottawatomie County, Kansas

	Title / URL	Issues
	FAQs • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngagewww.pottcounty.org/faq.aspx	1
	Staff Directory • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngagewww.pottcounty.org/directory.aspx	1
	I Want To... \| Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Websitewww.pottcounty.org/9/I-Want-To	1
	Calendar • Clinic Day at the Health Departmentwww.pottcounty.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=865	1
	RequestTracker • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngagewww.pottcounty.org/requesttracker.aspx	1
	Elections \| Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Websitewww.pottcounty.org/146/Elections	1
	Residents \| Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Websitewww.pottcounty.org/31/Residents	1
	\| Pottawatomie County, KS - Official Websitewww.pottcounty.org/27/County-Offices	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.pottcounty.org/	1
	Custom404 • Pottawatomie County, KS • CivicEngagewww.pottcounty.org/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Pottawatomie County, Kansas

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