Social Media Policy | Georgetown College

About Georgetown | Georgetown College

PAWS (Planning and Advising Workshop) | Georgetown College

Commencement | Georgetown College

HEERF Reporting | Georgetown College

404-not-found | Georgetown College

Galleries | Georgetown College

Admissions & Aid | Georgetown College

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Freshman Seminar | Georgetown 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)

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January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Social Media Policy \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/social-media-policy	100
About Georgetown \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/about-georgetown	100
PAWS (Planning and Advising Workshop) \| Georgetown Collegewww.georgetowncollege.edu/paws-planning-and-advising-workshop	100
Commencement \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/commencement	100
HEERF Reporting \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/heerf-reporting	100
404-not-found \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	100
Galleries \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/galleries	100
Admissions & Aid \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/admissions	100
Georgetown College \|georgetowncollege.edu/	100
Freshman Seminar \| Georgetown Collegegeorgetowncollege.edu/freshman-seminar	100

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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