Student Clubs and Activities | Campus Life | Goshen College

Committed Students | Admitted Students | Goshen College

Campus Life... at One of the Top Colleges in Indiana | Goshen College

Admitted Student Checklist | Goshen College

Academic Success Center | Campus Life | Goshen College

Campus Housing & Residence Life | Goshen College

Dining | Campus Life | Goshen 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

March 2025

February 2025

Goshen College

Title / URL	Issues
Student Clubs and Activities \| Campus Life \| Goshen Collegewww.goshen.edu/campuslife/clubs/	46
Committed Students \| Admitted Students \| Goshen Collegewww.goshen.edu/admitted/committed/	33
Campus Life... at One of the Top Colleges in Indiana \| Goshen Collegewww.goshen.edu/campuslife/	29
Admitted Student Checklist \| Goshen Collegewww.goshen.edu/admitted/	23
Academic Success Center \| Campus Life \| Goshen Collegewww.goshen.edu/campuslife/asc/	19
Campus Housing & Residence Life \| Goshen Collegewww.goshen.edu/campuslife/housing/	15
Dining \| Campus Life \| Goshen Collegewww.goshen.edu/campuslife/dining/	13

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred