Events | LASC

Office of Institutional Effectiveness | LASC

Why LASC | LASC

About LASC | LASC

Financial Aid Homepage | LASC

Admissions Office | LASC

Administration | LASC

President's Office | LASC

Online Learning | LASC

Office of Public Information | LASC

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)

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August 2025

July 2025

Los Angeles Southwest College

Title / URL	Issues
Events \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/campus-life/events	3
Office of Institutional Effectiveness \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices/ie	2
Why LASC \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/about/why-LASC	2
About LASC \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/about	2
Financial Aid Homepage \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/financial-aid	2
Admissions Office \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/admissions	2
Administration \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices	2
President's Office \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices/president	2
Online Learning \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/academics/online	2
Office of Public Information \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices/pr	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Los Angeles Southwest College

Where this issue has occurred