Events | Red Lick ISD

Rock and Roll with RLISD: The Pep Rally! | Red Lick ISD

The Mustangs keep momentum going for final game of the season next week. | Red Lick ISD

Running like wild Mustangs! Cross Country teams continue to impress. | Red Lick ISD

First baseball game of the season is in the 'books'! | Red Lick ISD

Both Girls and Boys take the top spot in Harts Bluff ! | Red Lick ISD

Lady Mustangs open the year against James Bowie | Red Lick ISD

News | Red Lick ISD

Come hear how to keep your student safe on the internet. | Red Lick ISD

Can you say "Sweep"? Lady Mustangs took on CHAAMP last night. | Red Lick ISD

All controls on the page - including links, buttons, and fields - should show when 
they have been selected by the keyboard.

You can confirm this yourself by loading a webpage and using the Tab key to navigate 
through it. Anything you can select should alter its appearance when selected. 
For example, a text field might change color, or have a distinctive border applied. 

This is default behavior for all standard web controls, and so if this issue is appearing
it is because this default behavior has been disabled. Or alternatively, if you have written
your own custom controls, these will need styling to support focus states.

## How to fix

Links and form controls typically define an `outline` CSS style, which ensures
they are highlighted automatically, for example:

```css
input:focus (outline: 2px solid red);
``` 

If you choose to override or disable the default `outline`, you should specify an accessible 
alternative, such as a border or background color.

### Elements appear to change in the browser

Focus states should be defined in CSS alone, and not require JavaScript to work.

Try disabling JavaScript on the page, and see if focus is still visible. If it not,
then the focus state won't work with assistive technologies that don't have a physical
keyboard, e.g. mobile phones.

Some more unusual means of implementing a focus state cannot be detected or measured
automatically. These include:

* Focus implemented via pseudo-elements - such as `::after` or `::before`.
* Focus using `:focus-within` (JavaScript current provides no way to access these).
* Focus cascaded to child elements, e.g. a `<span>` inside an `<a>` tag. We detect
  some of these cases, but there are variations that we cannot detect.

Currently, there is no practical way to assess these focus states automatically.

### Unexpected elements are focusable

You may be surprised to see tags like `<div>` or `<span>` being shown as focusable.
If an element has a `tabindex` of 0 or higher, it becomes focusable. Any HTML tag can be made 
focusable in this way, this is so that custom controls (e.g. your own drop-down menus, or 
sliders) can support keyboard navigation. [Learn more about tabindex on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/tabindex).

## Further reading

* [WCAG 2.4.7](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/focus-visible.html)

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Events \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/events	4
	Rock and Roll with RLISD: The Pep Rally! \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2388676	1
	The Mustangs keep momentum going for final game of the season next week. \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2440527	1
	Running like wild Mustangs! Cross Country teams continue to impress. \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2434489	1
	First baseball game of the season is in the 'books'! \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2377934	1
	Both Girls and Boys take the top spot in Harts Bluff ! \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2415777	1
	Lady Mustangs open the year against James Bowie \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2363025	1
	News \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/news?page_no=1	1
	Come hear how to keep your student safe on the internet. \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2399520	1
	Can you say "Sweep"? Lady Mustangs took on CHAAMP last night. \| Red Lick ISDwww.redlickisd.com/article/2398010	1

Ensure controls change appearance when they are selected

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