Events - Montgomery County Community College

Home - Montgomery County Community College

Course Finder - Montgomery County Community College

Shared Programs - Montgomery County Community College

For Our Community - Montgomery County Community College

Campus Life - Montgomery County Community College

Applying to MCCC - Montgomery County Community College

Financial Aid - Montgomery County Community College

Admissions - Montgomery County Community College

Program Finder - Montgomery County 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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Events - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/events	44
	Home - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/	38
	Course Finder - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/courses?credits=non_credit	36
	Shared Programs - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/admissions/shared-programs	33
	For Our Community - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/for-our-community	27
	Campus Life - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/choosing-montco/campus-life	25
	Applying to MCCC - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/admissions/applying-to-mccc	23
	Financial Aid - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/paying-for-college/financial-aid	23
	Admissions - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/admissions	20
	Program Finder - Montgomery County Community Collegewww.mc3.edu/degrees-and-programs/programs	18

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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