GE.com Sitemap | General Electric

GE.com Terms of Use | General Electric

Addendum to GE Privacy Policy for South Africa Privacy | General Electric

Notice to California Residents | General Electric

中国大陆居民须知 | General Electric

Notice to Brazilian Residents | General Electric

GE Pay Transparency Policy | General Electric

ПОЛОЖЕНИЕ О ПОРЯДКЕ ОБРАБОТКИ ПЕРСОНАЛЬНЫХ ДАННЫХ | General Electric

日本における共同利用のお知らせ | General Electric

GE Privacy Policy | General Electric

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 2024

May 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
GE.com Sitemap \| General Electricwww.ge.com/sitemap	5
GE.com Terms of Use \| General Electricwww.ge.com/terms	5
Addendum to GE Privacy Policy for South Africa Privacy \| General Electricwww.ge.com/privacy/south-africa-notice	5
Notice to California Residents \| General Electricwww.ge.com/privacy/california-notice	5
中国大陆居民须知 \| General Electricwww.ge.com/privacy/china-notice	5
Notice to Brazilian Residents \| General Electricwww.ge.com/privacy/brazilian-notice	5
GE Pay Transparency Policy \| General Electricwww.ge.com/pay-transparency	5
ПОЛОЖЕНИЕ О ПОРЯДКЕ ОБРАБОТКИ ПЕРСОНАЛЬНЫХ ДАННЫХ \| General Electricwww.ge.com/privacy/russia-notice	5
日本における共同利用のお知らせ \| General Electricwww.ge.com/privacy/japan-notice	5
GE Privacy Policy \| General Electricwww.ge.com/privacy	5

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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