Calendar - Galveston Independent School District

Title IX Resource Page - Galveston Independent School District

Benefits - Galveston Independent School District

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Contact Us - Galveston Independent School District

Student Outcome Goals - Galveston Independent School District

Programs - Galveston Independent School District

Superintendent - Galveston Independent School District

Assessment - Galveston Independent School District

404 - Page Not Found - Galveston Independent School District

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

Galveston ISD

Title / URL	Issues
Calendar - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/explore-gisd/calendar	6
Title IX Resource Page - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/explore-gisd/title-ix-resource-page	4
Benefits - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/departments/benefits	3
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.gisd.org/	3
Contact Us - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/explore-gisd/contact-us	3
Student Outcome Goals - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/explore-gisd/student-outcome-goals	3
Programs - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/departments/bilingualesl/programs	3
Superintendent - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/explore-gisd/superintendent	3
Assessment - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/departments/assessment	3
404 - Page Not Found - Galveston Independent School Districtwww.gisd.org/invented-url-for-404-page	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Galveston ISD

Where this issue has occurred