First Year Experience | Cedar Crest College

Campus Map - About Us | Cedar Crest College

Programs & Majors | Cedar Crest College

Career Development & Community Engagement | Cedar Crest College

Academic Services - Academics | Cedar Crest College

4 + 1 Programs | Cedar Crest College

Office of the Registrar | Cedar Crest College

Human Resources - Office of Human Resources | Cedar Crest College

College Catalogs - Undergrad & Grad | Cedar Crest 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

April 2025

March 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
First Year Experience \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/academics/first-year-experience/	2
Campus Map - About Us \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/about/campus-map/	2
Programs & Majors \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/academics/programs-majors/	2
Career Development & Community Engagement \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/academics/career-development/	2
Academic Services - Academics \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/academic-services/	2
4 + 1 Programs \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/academics/4-1-programs/	2
Office of the Registrar \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/registrar/	1
Human Resources - Office of Human Resources \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/about/human-resources/	1
College Catalogs - Undergrad & Grad \| Cedar Crest Collegewww.cedarcrest.edu/catalog/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred