Christian Liberal Arts College: Academic Majors and Programs - Gordon College

Academics - nationally ranked & accredited Christian college - Gordon College

Bennett Center - Gordon College

Commonly Used Forms - Gordon College

Contact - Gordon College

Christian College Master of Science in Financial Analysis - Gordon College

Graduate, Professional and Extended Studies at Gordon - Gordon College

Admin Services - Gordon College

Apply to Gordon - Gordon College

Human Resources - Gordon 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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Title / URL	Issues
Christian Liberal Arts College: Academic Majors and Programs - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/majors	100
Academics - nationally ranked & accredited Christian college - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/academics	78
Bennett Center - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/bennett	74
Commonly Used Forms - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/hr/forms	69
Contact - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/contact	61
Christian College Master of Science in Financial Analysis - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/msfa	61
Graduate, Professional and Extended Studies at Gordon - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/gpes	60
Admin Services - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/admin_svs	60
Apply to Gordon - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/apply	59
Human Resources - Gordon Collegewww.gordon.edu/hr	59

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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