How to fix focus not visible on Squarespace

Steps for Squarespace

1. In your Squarespace dashboard, go to Design → Custom CSS (or Website → Pages → Website Tools → Custom CSS).
2. Paste the universal `:focus` / `:focus-visible` CSS rule from the snippet below into the Custom CSS editor.
3. Click Save. Open your live site, press Tab, and confirm the ring is visible on links, buttons, and form fields.
4. If using Squarespace 7.1, also check the Site Styles panel to ensure no individual button or link style is overriding outline to none.

What is focus not visible?

When someone navigates your store using only a keyboard (Tab, Shift+Tab, arrow keys), their browser highlights the currently focused element — a button, link, form field, etc. — so they know where they are. This is called the "focus indicator" or "focus ring." The problem occurs when a theme or custom CSS removes or hides this highlight (often via `outline: none` or `outline: 0`), making the page look cleaner but leaving keyboard users completely lost. WCAG Success Criterion 2.4.7 (Focus Visible) requires that this focus indicator always be visible.

Roughly 7% of internet users navigate primarily by keyboard — including people with motor disabilities, power users, and anyone whose mouse has stopped working. If they can't see where focus is, they literally cannot use your store: they can't tell which product they're about to add to the cart, which field they're typing in, or which button they're about to press. Beyond lost sales, hiding focus indicators is a WCAG 2.1 Level AA violation, which creates legal exposure under the ADA, the European Accessibility Act, and similar laws in many countries. Accessible stores also tend to rank better because Google uses accessibility signals as a quality indicator.

See the complete Focus not visible guide for every platform and the full background.