CSUB Antelope Valley | California State University, Bakersfield

California State University, Bakersfield

Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs | California State University, Bakersfield

School of Social Sciences & Education | California State University, Bakersfield

Discover CSUB | California State University, Bakersfield

CSUB Student Recreation Center | California State University, Bakersfield

Apply - Discover Yourself at CSUB! | California State University, Bakersfield

Let's Rise Together | California State University, Bakersfield

About CSUB | California State University, Bakersfield

Office of Marketing and Communications | California State University, Bakersfield

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

June 2025

May 2025

California State University Bakersfield

Title / URL	Issues
CSUB Antelope Valley \| California State University, Bakersfieldwww.csub.edu/av/	5
California State University, Bakersfieldcsub.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	4
Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs \| California State University, Bakersfieldwww.csub.edu/provost/index.html	3
School of Social Sciences & Education \| California State University, Bakersfieldwww.csub.edu/sse/	3
Discover CSUB \| California State University, Bakersfieldwww.csub.edu/discover/	3
CSUB Student Recreation Center \| California State University, Bakersfieldwww.csub.edu/reccenter/	3
Apply - Discover Yourself at CSUB! \| California State University, Bakersfieldcsub.edu/apply	2
Let's Rise Together \| California State University, Bakersfieldcsub.edu/rise	1
About CSUB \| California State University, Bakersfieldcsub.edu/about	1
Office of Marketing and Communications \| California State University, Bakersfieldcsub.edu/marcomm	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

California State University Bakersfield

Where this issue has occurred