International students - Massey University

Exams - Massey University

Commercialisation - Massey University

Planning your study - Massey University

Study online - Massey University

Research and specialist centres - Massey University

Events at Massey - Massey University

Student life at Massey - Massey University

Pacific Massey - Massey University

Massey University of New Zealand - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa - Massey University

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

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June 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
International students - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/international-students/	5
Exams - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/exams/	5
Commercialisation - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/research/commercialisation/	5
Planning your study - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/planning-your-study/	5
Study online - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/study-online/	5
Research and specialist centres - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/research/research-centres/	5
Events at Massey - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/about/events/	5
Student life at Massey - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/student-life/	5
Pacific Massey - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/student-life/pacific-massey/	5
Massey University of New Zealand - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/	5

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

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