Privacy Policy | FMC Corp

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Commitment to Safety | FMC Corp

Our History | FMC Corp

Technology Portfolio | FMC Corp

Corporate Sustainability | FMC Corp

Research & Development | FMC Corp

Not Found | FMC Corp

Biologicals | FMC Corp

Contact | FMC Corp

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)

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June 2025

May 2025

FMC Corporation

	Title / URL	Issues
	Privacy Policy \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/privacy-policy	22
	Contact Form \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/contact-form	17
	Commitment to Safety \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/company/commitment-safety	14
	Our History \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/company/our-history	13
	Technology Portfolio \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/innovation/technology-portfolio	13
	Corporate Sustainability \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/sustainability	13
	Research & Development \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/innovation/research-development	13
	Not Found \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/invented-url-for-404-page	13
	Biologicals \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/innovation/biologicals	12
	Contact \| FMC Corpwww.fmc.com/en/contact	11

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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