Schools: Middle Georgia State University

Admissions: Middle Georgia State University

About MGA: Middle Georgia State University

Police Department: Middle Georgia State University

School of Aviation: Middle Georgia State University

Email Information: Middle Georgia State University

School of Arts & Letters: Middle Georgia State University

Library: Middle Georgia State University

404: Middle Georgia State University

Office of the President: Middle Georgia State University

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

August 2025

July 2025

Middle Georgia State College

Title / URL	Issues
Schools: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/schools/index.php	10
Admissions: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/admissions/index.php	4
About MGA: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/about/index.php	3
Police Department: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/police/index.php	2
School of Aviation: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/aviation/index.php	2
Email Information: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/technology/services/email.php	2
School of Arts & Letters: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/arts-letters/index.php	2
Library: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/library/index.php	2
404: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Office of the President: Middle Georgia State Universitywww.mga.edu/president/index.php	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Middle Georgia State College

Where this issue has occurred