Testing Services | Butler Community College

Registrar | Butler Community College

Students | Butler Community College

High School Students | Butler Community College

Admissions | Butler Community College

Police Department | Butler Community College

Advising | Butler Community College

Page not found | Butler Community College

Cookie Policy | Butler Community College

Scholarship Information | Butler Community College

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

February 2025

January 2025

Butler Community College

Title / URL	Issues
Testing Services \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/testing-center	1
Registrar \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/registrar	1
Students \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/students	1
High School Students \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/highschool	1
Admissions \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/admissions	1
Police Department \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/campus-safety	1
Advising \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/advising	1
Page not found \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Cookie Policy \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/cookies	1
Scholarship Information \| Butler Community Collegewww.butlercc.edu/scholarships	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Butler Community College

Where this issue has occurred