Professional Services Networks | Crown Castle

Connectivity for Financial Services | Crown Castle

Investor Owned & Public Utilities and Coops | Crown Castle

Crown Castle | Communications Infrastructure Solutions

CCIsites | Crown Castle

TV and Radio Broadcasters | Crown Castle

Solutions & Service Delivery | Crown Castle

National and Regional Wireless Carriers | Crown Castle

Wholesale, Hyperscalers & Fiber Providers | Crown Castle

Connectivity for Schools & Universities | Crown Castle

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

January 2025

December 2024

Crown Castle International

Title / URL	Issues
Professional Services Networks \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/professional-services	16
Connectivity for Financial Services \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/financial-services	16
Investor Owned & Public Utilities and Coops \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/utilities	16
Crown Castle \| Communications Infrastructure Solutionswww.crowncastle.com/	16
CCIsites \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/ccisites/	16
TV and Radio Broadcasters \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/broadcast	16
Solutions & Service Delivery \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/service-delivery	16
National and Regional Wireless Carriers \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/wireless-carriers	16
Wholesale, Hyperscalers & Fiber Providers \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/wholesale	16
Connectivity for Schools & Universities \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/education	16

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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