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Accepted Students | Marietta College

Financial Aid Forms | Marietta College

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Home | Marietta College

PioSOAR | Marietta College

Default Rate | Marietta College

Military and Armed Forces Students | Marietta College

Readmission | Marietta 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)

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Title / URL	Issues
Future Student FAQs \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/about-faq	52
Faculty & Staff Directory \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/directory	45
Accepted Students \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/accepted	42
Financial Aid Forms \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/forms	41
Marietta College HEERF Information \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/mc-heerf-info	38
Home \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/	35
PioSOAR \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/piosoar	34
Default Rate \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/default-rate	31
Military and Armed Forces Students \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/military-apply	28
Readmission \| Marietta Collegewww.marietta.edu/readmit	28

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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