LAMC Foundation | LAMC

Areas of Study | LAMC

Homepage | LAMC

Career & Academic Pathways | LAMC

Financial Aid | LAMC

Accreditation | LAMC

Financial Aid Appeals | LAMC

Office of Institutional Effectiveness | LAMC

Financial Aid Process | LAMC

Parking Information | LAMC

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

April 2025

March 2025

Los Angeles Mission College

Title / URL	Issues
LAMC Foundation \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/about/foundation	25
Areas of Study \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/academics/aos	16
Homepage \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/	15
Career & Academic Pathways \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/academics/pathways	14
Financial Aid \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/financial-aid	13
Accreditation \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/about/accreditation	12
Financial Aid Appeals \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/financial-aid/appeals	11
Office of Institutional Effectiveness \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/offices/oie	11
Financial Aid Process \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/financial-aid/process	11
Parking Information \| LAMCwww.lamission.edu/about/parking	11

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Los Angeles Mission College

Where this issue has occurred