Fall | College of Lake County

Options to Find Classes | College of Lake County

Current Student | College of Lake County

Business & Partners | College of Lake County

Adult Learners | College of Lake County

News & Events | College of Lake County

Admission | College of Lake County

Veteran Student Services | College of Lake County

CLC Foundation | College of Lake County

Paying for College | College of Lake County

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

December 2024

November 2024

College of Lake County

Title / URL	Issues
Fall \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/fall	66
Options to Find Classes \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/find-classes/options	1
Current Student \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/gateway/current-students	1
Business & Partners \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/gateway/business-partners	1
Adult Learners \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/audiences/adult-learners	1
News & Events \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/news-and-events	1
Admission \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/admission	1
Veteran Student Services \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/student-resources/additional-services/military	1
CLC Foundation \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/aboutclc/clc-foundation	1
Paying for College \| College of Lake Countywww.clcillinois.edu/paying-for-college	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

College of Lake County

Where this issue has occurred