# zzarcon/focusable

:flashlight: Set a spotlight focus on DOM element adding a overlay layer to the rest of the page

Repository: https://github.com/zzarcon/focusable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/focusable
Homepage: http://zzarcon.github.io/focusable/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2016-03-03T10:15:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4306, "days_push": 3835, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1059, forks 49 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:25.512465+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight JavaScript library that sets a spotlight focus on a DOM element by adding an animated overlay layer over the rest of the page. It is jQuery-based and useful for highlighting elements in tutorials or UI tours.

## Use cases
- highlight a specific element on the page with a spotlight overlay
- build onboarding tours that draw attention to UI elements
- dim the rest of the page while focusing on one component
- create animated spotlight effects on DOM elements
- guide users through a form by spotlighting fields

## When to choose
- you need a simple jQuery-based spotlight/overlay effect for element highlighting
- you want a lightweight dependency for onboarding or demo highlighting

## When to avoid
- your project does not use jQuery
- you need a maintained library with recent updates or modern framework support
- you need a full-featured guided tour solution with tooltips and step management

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: spotlight, overlay, dom, jquery, onboarding-tour, javascript

## Member repositories
- zzarcon/focusable (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.512465+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:57:23.281735+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zzarcon/focusable (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.512465+00:00, sha b3f11d765908)
  - homepage: http://zzarcon.github.io/focusable/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:59:12.489344+00:00, sha d7bdf7477a5f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.