Funding Analytics - CIHR

Upcoming funding opportunities - CIHR

Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health - CIHR

Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health - CIHR

Funding decisions - CIHR

General application process: Overview - CIHR

Funding publications - CIHR

Funding news - CIHR

Funding overview - CIHR

Foundation Grant - CIHR

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

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August 2025

July 2025

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Title / URL	Issues
Funding Analytics - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/50581.html	43
Upcoming funding opportunities - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/51605.html	23
Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8668.html	23
Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8663.html	22
Funding decisions - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/38021.html	17
General application process: Overview - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/795.html	17
Funding publications - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/179.html	17
Funding news - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/26626.html	17
Funding overview - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/37788.html	17
Foundation Grant - CIHRcihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/47618.html	17

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Where this issue has occurred