State Organizations

Register to Vote | Georgia.gov

Vote Early in Person | Georgia.gov

Moving to Georgia | Georgia.gov

Georgia.gov

Taxes & Refunds | Georgia.gov

View a Sample Ballot | Georgia.gov

Apply for a Name Change | Georgia.gov

Privacy/Security | 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)

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August 2025

July 2025

State of Georgia

Title / URL	Issues
State Organizationsgeorgia.gov/state-organizations	96
Register to Vote \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/register-vote	28
Vote Early in Person \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/vote-early-person	26
Moving to Georgia \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/moving-georgia	22
Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/	21
Taxes & Refunds \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/taxes-refunds	19
View a Sample Ballot \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/view-sample-ballot	19
Apply for a Name Change \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/apply-name-change	18
Privacy/Security \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/privacysecurity	17
Recreation Guide \| Georgia.govgeorgia.gov/recreation-guide	17

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

State of Georgia

Where this issue has occurred