Sensors | Authorized Distributor | Arrow.com

IP&E Products | Arrow.com

Passives Components| Authorized Distributor | Arrow.com

Arrow Electronics: Connect with Electronic Components | Arrow.com

Composants électroniques en ligne | Trouver des pièces électroniques | Arrow.com

Error 404 | Arrow.com

Componentes electrónicos en línea | Buscar piezas electrónicas | Arrow.com

Componenti elettronici online | Trova parti elettroniche | Arrow.com

Arrow Electronics: Components & Parts Search | Arrow.com

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

January 2025

December 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Sensors \| Authorized Distributor \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/en/categories/sensors	58
IP&E Products \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/en/ipe	38
Passives Components\| Authorized Distributor \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/en/categories/passives	37
Arrow Electronics: Connect with Electronic Components \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/	33
Arrow Electronics: Connect with Electronic Components \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/en	33
Composants électroniques en ligne \| Trouver des pièces électroniques \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/fr-fr	32
Error 404 \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/invented-url-for-404-page	31
Componentes electrónicos en línea \| Buscar piezas electrónicas \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/es-mx	31
Componenti elettronici online \| Trova parti elettroniche \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/it-it	29
Arrow Electronics: Components & Parts Search \| Arrow.comwww.arrow.com/en/components	28

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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