State Organizations

Georgia.gov

Apply for a State ID Card | Georgia.gov

Working in Georgia | Georgia.gov

Courts & Corrections Guide | Georgia.gov

Moving to Georgia | Georgia.gov

Running a Business Guide | Georgia.gov

Taxes & Refunds | Georgia.gov

Apply for a Name Change | Georgia.gov

Recreation Guide | Georgia.gov

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

September 2025

August 2025

State of Georgia

Title / URL	Issues
State Organizationsgeorgia.gov/state-organizations	98
Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/	24
Apply for a State ID Card \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/apply-state-id-card	23
Working in Georgia \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/working-georgia	22
Courts & Corrections Guide \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/courts-corrections	22
Moving to Georgia \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/moving-georgia	22
Running a Business Guide \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/running-business	21
Taxes & Refunds \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/taxes-refunds	21
Apply for a Name Change \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/apply-name-change	18
Recreation Guide \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/recreation-guide	17

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

State of Georgia

Where this issue has occurred