Citi's Executive Management Team and Leadership Team | Citi

Global Investment Bank and Financial Services | Citi

Citi | Investor Relations | Financial Information | Quarterly Earnings Releases

Citi | Global Investment Bank and Financial Services

Citi | Investor Relations | Financial Information | SEC Filings

Citi News | Press Releases from Citi | Citi News Releases

Financial Services and Solutions - About Us | Citi

Citi Perspectives

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

Citigroup

Title / URL	Issues
Citi's Executive Management Team and Leadership Team \| Citiwww.citigroup.com/global/about-us/leadership	66
Global Investment Bank and Financial Services \| Citiwww.citigroup.com/global/privacy	63
Citi \| Investor Relations \| Financial Information \| Quarterly Earnings Releaseswww.citigroup.com/global/investors/quarterly-earnings	62
Citi \| Global Investment Bank and Financial Serviceswww.citigroup.com/global	61
Citi \| Investor Relations \| Financial Information \| SEC Filingswww.citigroup.com/global/investors/sec-filings	49
Citi News \| Press Releases from Citi \| Citi News Releaseswww.citigroup.com/global/news/press-release	47
Financial Services and Solutions - About Us \| Citiwww.citigroup.com/global/about-us	45
Global Investment Bank and Financial Services \| Citiwww.citigroup.com/global/contact-us	45
Citi News \| Press Releases from Citi \| Citi News Releaseswww.citigroup.com/global/news	44
Citi Perspectiveswww.citigroup.com/global/news/perspectives	44

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Citigroup

Where this issue has occurred