MSU - Title IX at Minot State University

MSU - Login Options

MSU - Faculty and Staff

MSU - MSU at BSC

MSU - Welcome to Graduate School

MSU - Home

MSU - Welcome to the Center for Extended Learning

MSU - Parents and Families

MSU - Sign in to E-mail

MSU - Student Services

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

Minot State University

Title / URL	Issues
MSU - Title IX at Minot State Universitywww.minotstateu.edu/title9/	5
MSU - Login Optionswww.minotstateu.edu/cc/	5
MSU - Faculty and Staffwww.minotstateu.edu/faculty.shtml	5
MSU - MSU at BSCwww.minotstateu.edu/cel/bsc.shtml	5
MSU - Welcome to Graduate Schoolwww.minotstateu.edu/graduate/	5
MSU - Homewww.minotstateu.edu/regents/	5
MSU - Welcome to the Center for Extended Learningwww.minotstateu.edu/cel/	5
MSU - Parents and Familieswww.minotstateu.edu/parents/	5
MSU - Sign in to E-mailwww.minotstateu.edu/mail/	5
MSU - Student Serviceswww.minotstateu.edu/services.shtml	5

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Minot State University

Where this issue has occurred