Student Life | Maricopa Community Colleges

Students | Maricopa Community Colleges

Page not found | Maricopa Community Colleges

Financial Aid Forms | Maricopa Community Colleges

Important Dates | Maricopa Community Colleges

Request Information | Maricopa Community Colleges

Office of the Chancellor | Maricopa Community Colleges

News | Maricopa Community Colleges

Community | Maricopa Community Colleges

Facilities | 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

January 2025

December 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Student Life \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/students/student-life	7
Students \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/students	3
Page not found \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	3
Financial Aid Forms \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/students/financial-aid/forms	3
Important Dates \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/students/important-dates	2
Request Information \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/request-information	2
Office of the Chancellor \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/about/chancellor	2
News \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/news-home	1
Community \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/community	1
Facilities \| Maricopa Community Collegeswww.maricopa.edu/community/facilities	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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