Document Manager | Seminole County

Departments & Services | Seminole County

Events | Seminole County

Videos | Seminole County

Building | Seminole County

News | Seminole County

Visitors | Seminole County

3rd Annual Longwood Walk for Autism | Seminole County

I Want To | Seminole County

All for Seniors Expo 2025 | Seminole 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)

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June 2025

May 2025

Seminole County, Florida

	Title / URL	Issues
	Document Manager \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/doc_mgr.stml	6
	Departments & Services \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/	6
	Events \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/events/	6
	Videos \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/videos/index.stml	6
	Building \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/development-services/building/	6
	News \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/news/?page=1	6
	Visitors \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/visitors/index.stml	6
	3rd Annual Longwood Walk for Autism \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/events/3rd-annual-longwood-walk-for-autism.stml	6
	I Want To \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/i-want-to/index.stml	6
	All for Seniors Expo 2025 \| Seminole Countywww.seminolecountyfl.gov/events/all-for-seniors-expo-2025.stml	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Seminole County, Florida

Where this issue has occurred