About Us - IFF Locations

Policy Center | IFF

Beauty & Personal Care | IFF

Scent - Fine Fragrances

About Us - Leadership at IFF

Animal Nutrition - Swine Solutions

Scent - Overview

Upcycling | Food Sustainability Solutions | IFF

Beverage Solutions and Flavor Systems | IFF

Food & Beverage - Overview

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

August 2025

July 2025

Intl Flavors & Fragrances

Title / URL	Issues
About Us - IFF Locationswww.iff.com/about/locations/	91
Policy Center \| IFFwww.iff.com/about/policy-center/	84
Beauty & Personal Care \| IFFwww.iff.com/beauty-personal-care/	53
Scent - Fine Fragranceswww.iff.com/scent/fine-fragrances/	50
About Us - Leadership at IFFwww.iff.com/about/leadership/	50
Animal Nutrition - Swine Solutionswww.iff.com/animal-nutrition/swine/	46
Scent - Overviewwww.iff.com/scent/	46
Upcycling \| Food Sustainability Solutions \| IFFwww.iff.com/food-beverage/upcycling/	45
Beverage Solutions and Flavor Systems \| IFFwww.iff.com/food-beverage/beverage/	45
Food & Beverage - Overviewwww.iff.com/food-beverage/	44

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Intl Flavors & Fragrances

Where this issue has occurred