Career Pathways | Lake Forest College

News and Events | Lake Forest College

Students, Faculty, and Staff | Lake Forest College

Career Advancement | Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College Calendar | Lake Forest College

Information Technology Services | Lake Forest College

Emergency Information | Lake Forest College

Offices and Departments | Lake Forest College

Welcome Parents and Families | Lake Forest College

Commencement | Lake Forest College

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

Lake Forest College

Title / URL	Issues
Career Pathways \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/careers/career-pathways	15
News and Events \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/news-and-events	14
Students, Faculty, and Staff \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/students-faculty-and-staff	10
Career Advancement \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/careers	10
Lake Forest College Calendar \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/news-and-events/events	10
Information Technology Services \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/its	9
Emergency Information \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/emergency-information	9
Offices and Departments \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-departments	9
Welcome Parents and Families \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/parents	9
Commencement \| Lake Forest Collegewww.lakeforest.edu/about-us/commencement	9

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred