A to Z Listing | Des Moines Area Community College

DMACC Continuing Education - nondegree classes for personal & business

DMACC Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families

Visit a DMACC Location | You Are Welcome Here

DMACC | Des Moines Area Community College

DMACC Libraries - On Campus locations and virtual library resources

DMACC Transfer Options | Des Moines Area Community College

DMACC Online Classes | Des Moines Area Community College

Tuition and Fees | Des Moines Area Community 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

June 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	A to Z Listing \| Des Moines Area Community Collegedmacc.edu/azlist.html	100
	DMACC Continuing Education - nondegree classes for personal & businessdmacc.edu/ce/index.html	92
	DMACC Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Familiesdmacc.edu/ekdc/index.html	67
	Visit a DMACC Location \| You Are Welcome Heredmacc.edu/visit/index.html	63
	DMACC \| Des Moines Area Community Collegedmacc.edu/index.html	49
	DMACC Libraries - On Campus locations and virtual library resourcesdmacc.edu/library/index.html	49
	DMACC \| Des Moines Area Community Collegedmacc.edu/	49
	DMACC Transfer Options \| Des Moines Area Community Collegedmacc.edu/transfer/index.html	47
	DMACC Online Classes \| Des Moines Area Community Collegedmacc.edu/online/index.html	46
	Tuition and Fees \| Des Moines Area Community Collegedmacc.edu/tuition/index.html	44

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred