Success Criterion 2.4.7
Conformance level AA

Focus Indicator Styled for Some Components but Not Others

2.4.7 — Focus Visible

Scenario

Setting

A coworking-space booking app

What’s wrong

Custom indicator present only for some components (links styled, buttons not).

Example

button:focus { outline: none; }

Why it matters

Sighted keyboard users and low-vision users who must see where focus is.

How to test

Tab through several different component types (links, buttons, custom widgets): if only some show a focus indicator and others show none, it fails for the unstyled ones.

How to fix

A clearly visible focus indicator must appear, in full, on every interactive element when it receives keyboard focus. button:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #1a73e8; outline-offset: 2px; } Removing the focus outline with no replacement makes it impossible to see which element has keyboard focus.

Outcome

On a coworking-space booking app, this barrier is gone for sighted keyboard users and low-vision users who must see where focus is — they can complete the task without hitting this wall.

Who is affected