Academic Affairs

Tell Me More About ATU

Campus Map

ATU Undergraduate Admissions Office

Tech A-Z

The Financial Aid Office

Registered Student Organizations (RSOs)

Apply to Arkansas Tech University | No Strings Attached

Arkansas Tech

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

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

July 2025

June 2025

Arkansas Tech University

Title / URL	Issues
Academic Affairswww.atu.edu/academics/index.php	5
Tell Me More About ATUwww.atu.edu/tellmemore/index.php	5
Campus Mapwww.atu.edu/map/index.php	5
ATU Undergraduate Admissions Officewww.atu.edu/admissions/	5
Tech A-Zwww.atu.edu/TechA-Z.php	5
The Financial Aid Officewww.atu.edu/finaid/	5
Registered Student Organizations (RSOs)www.atu.edu/rso/index.php	5
Apply to Arkansas Tech University \| No Strings Attachedwww.atu.edu/apply/index.php	5
Arkansas Techwww.atu.edu/	5
Office of Research and Sponsored Programswww.atu.edu/orgs/orsp/index.php	5

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Arkansas Tech University

Where this issue has occurred