Studentwebben | Student

Skolan för industriell teknik och management | KTH

Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), KTH | KTH

Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa | KTH

Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad | KTH

Forskning | KTH

KTH Biblioteket | KTH

Nyheter från KTH | KTH

Plugga på KTH | KTH

Stöd KTH | Låt oss nå längre | KTH

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-enhanced

January 2025

December 2024

	Title / URL	Issues
	Studentwebben \| Studentwww.kth.se/student	100
	Skolan för industriell teknik och management \| KTHwww.kth.se/itm	100
	Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), KTH \| KTHwww.kth.se/eecs	100
	Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa \| KTHwww.kth.se/cbh	100
	Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad \| KTHwww.kth.se/abe	100
	Forskning \| KTHwww.kth.se/forskning	100
	KTH Biblioteket \| KTHwww.kth.se/biblioteket	100
	Nyheter från KTH \| KTHwww.kth.se/om/nyheter	100
	Plugga på KTH \| KTHwww.kth.se/utbildning	100
	Stöd KTH \| Låt oss nå längre \| KTHwww.kth.se/om/stod-kth	97

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

KTH

Where this issue has occurred