Osaamista suurella sydämellä – Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu

Täydennyskoulutustarjontamme - Centria

University with a big heart – Centria

Opiskelijalle - Centria

Opinto-ohjaajille - Centria

Usein kysyttyjä kysymyksiä hakemisesta - Centria

Opiskelijan opas - Centria

AMK-tutkinnot - Centria

Centria - Osaamista suurella sydämellä

Avoin AMK - Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu

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

Centria University of Applied Sciences

	Title / URL	Issues
	Osaamista suurella sydämellä – Centria-ammattikorkeakoulunet.centria.fi/	55
	Täydennyskoulutustarjontamme - Centrianet.centria.fi/tuotekategoria/koulutus/	55
	University with a big heart – Centrianet.centria.fi/en/	50
	Opiskelijalle - Centrianet.centria.fi/opiskelijalle/	48
	Opinto-ohjaajille - Centrianet.centria.fi/koulutus/opinto-ohjaajille/	40
	Usein kysyttyjä kysymyksiä hakemisesta - Centrianet.centria.fi/koulutus/hakemisen-ukk/	40
	Opiskelijan opas - Centrianet.centria.fi/opiskelijalle/opiskelijan-opas/	40
	AMK-tutkinnot - Centrianet.centria.fi/koulutus/amk-tutkinnot/	38
	Centria - Osaamista suurella sydämellänet.centria.fi/koulutus/	35
	Avoin AMK - Centria-ammattikorkeakoulunet.centria.fi/koulutus/avoin-amk/	33

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Centria University of Applied Sciences

Where this issue has occurred