Academic Resources - MJC

Help With Online Classes - MJC

Academic Calendar - MJC

Maps and Parking - MJC

Campus Safety - MJC

Modesto Junior College - MJC

Student Services - MJC

Student's Rights and Responsibilities - MJC

Hispanic Education Conference - MJC

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

June 2025

May 2025

Modesto Junior College

Title / URL	Issues
Academic Resources - MJCmjc.edu/instruction/	49
Help With Online Classes - MJCmjc.edu/instruction/online/	29
Academic Calendar - MJCmjc.edu/instruction/calendar.php	19
Maps and Parking - MJCmjc.edu/general/maps.php	19
Campus Safety - MJCmjc.edu/general/safety/	18
Modesto Junior College - MJCmjc.edu/	17
Modesto Junior College - MJCwww.mjc.edu/	17
Student Services - MJCmjc.edu/studentservices/	16
Student's Rights and Responsibilities - MJCmjc.edu/studentservices/rights.php	16
Hispanic Education Conference - MJCmjc.edu/studentservices/sdncl/hec/	15

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Modesto Junior College

Where this issue has occurred