South East Technological University - SETU Carlow Campus

SETU - Wexford Campus

South East Technological University - Courses By Department or Campus

South East Technological University - Student Portal

South East Technological University - Staff Portal

Careers service at SETU

SETU | Extended Campus

SETU - Part time courses | Evening courses | Lifelong learning

SETU - Department of Humanities

SETU - Department of Business

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 2025

May 2025

Institute of Technology Carlow

Title / URL	Issues
South East Technological University - SETU Carlow Campuswww.itcarlow.ie/	100
SETU - Wexford Campuswww.itcarlow.ie/courses/department/wexford-campus.htm	94
South East Technological University - Courses By Department or Campuswww.itcarlow.ie/courses/department.htm	94
South East Technological University - Student Portalwww.itcarlow.ie/student-portal.htm	93
South East Technological University - Staff Portalwww.itcarlow.ie/staff-portal.htm	91
Careers service at SETUwww.itcarlow.ie/student-life/student-services/career-service.htm	91
SETU \| Extended Campuswww.itcarlow.ie/study/lifelong-learning/extended-campus.htm	91
SETU - Part time courses \| Evening courses \| Lifelong learningwww.itcarlow.ie/study/lifelong-learning.htm	90
SETU - Department of Humanitieswww.itcarlow.ie/courses/department/humanities.htm	88
SETU - Department of Businesswww.itcarlow.ie/courses/department/business.htm	87

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Institute of Technology Carlow

Where this issue has occurred