Academic Departments | Mesa Community College

Helpful Resources for Students | Get Help | Mesa Community College

Mesa Community Outreach Center | Mesa Community College

Giving Form | Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement | Mesa Community College

Community | Mesa Community College

Career & Technical Education | Programs & Degrees | Mesa Community College

About MCC | Mesa Community College

Español | Mesa Community College

Student Life & Leadership | Mesa Community College

College Catalog | Mesa Community 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

January 2025

December 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Academic Departments \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/departments	1
Helpful Resources for Students \| Get Help \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/get-help	1
Mesa Community Outreach Center \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/outreach	1
Giving Form \| Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/give-online	1
Community \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/community	1
Career & Technical Education \| Programs & Degrees \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/programs/cte	1
About MCC \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/about	1
Español \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/espanol	1
Student Life & Leadership \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/student-life	1
College Catalog \| Mesa Community Collegewww.mesacc.edu/catalog	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred