Student Life | Maricopa Community Colleges

Page not found | Maricopa Community Colleges

Other Financial Aid Resources | Maricopa Community Colleges

Phoenix College | Maricopa Community Colleges

Degrees and Certificates | Maricopa Community Colleges

Rio Salado College | Maricopa Community Colleges

Mesa Community College | Maricopa Community Colleges

Early College Programs | Maricopa Community Colleges

GateWay Community College | Maricopa Community Colleges

Industry Training and Innovation | Maricopa Community Colleges

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

Maricopa Community Colleges

	Title / URL	Issues
	Student Life \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/students/student-life	10
	Page not found \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	8
	Other Financial Aid Resources \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/students/financial-aid-resources	6
	Phoenix College \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/colleges/phoenix-college	4
	Degrees and Certificates \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/degrees-certificates	4
	Rio Salado College \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/colleges/rio-salado-college	4
	Mesa Community College \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/colleges/mesa-community-college	3
	Early College Programs \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/degrees-certificates/early-college	3
	GateWay Community College \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/colleges/gateway-community-college	3
	Industry Training and Innovation \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/industry	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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