International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | IFF

Responsibilities | IFF

Our Markets & Industries | IFF

Food & Beverage | IFF

Personal Care Market: Ingredients & Supply | IFF

About Us | IFF

Home Care Market: Ingredients & Supply | IFF

Grain Processing Market: Ingredients & Supply | IFF

Pharmaceutical Market: Ingredients & Supply | IFF

What We Do | IFF

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

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Title / URL	Issues
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. \| IFFwww.iff.com/	76
Responsibilities \| IFFwww.iff.com/responsibilities	73
Our Markets & Industries \| IFFwww.iff.com/portfolio/markets	66
Food & Beverage \| IFFwww.iff.com/portfolio/markets/food-beverage	61
Personal Care Market: Ingredients & Supply \| IFFwww.iff.com/portfolio/markets/personal-care	60
About Us \| IFFwww.iff.com/about	58
Home Care Market: Ingredients & Supply \| IFFwww.iff.com/portfolio/markets/home-care	57
Grain Processing Market: Ingredients & Supply \| IFFwww.iff.com/portfolio/markets/grain-processing	56
Pharmaceutical Market: Ingredients & Supply \| IFFwww.iff.com/portfolio/markets/pharmaceutical	53
What We Do \| IFFwww.iff.com/about/what-we-do	51

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Intl Flavors & Fragrances

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