Information för dig som är examensstuderande | Hanken

Institutioner och ämnen | Hanken

Hanken Alumni | Hanken

Bibliotek | Hanken

Hankens IT-tjänster | Hanken

Satsa på framtiden | Hanken

Forskning | Hanken

Om Hanken | Hanken

Information riktad till media | Hanken

Fees and living costs | Hanken

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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August 2025

July 2025

Hanken School of Economics

	Title / URL	Issues
	Information för dig som är examensstuderande \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/studerande	100
	Institutioner och ämnen \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/institutioner-center	48
	Hanken Alumni \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/externt-samarbete/alumni	42
	Bibliotek \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/bibliotek	40
	Hankens IT-tjänster \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/it-tjanster	37
	Satsa på framtiden \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/externt-samarbete/fundraising	36
	Forskning \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/forskning	33
	Om Hanken \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/om-oss	33
	Information riktad till media \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/om-oss/media	31
	Fees and living costs \| Hankenwww.hanken.fi/sv/node/2539448	30

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Hanken School of Economics

Where this issue has occurred