School of Fine & Performing Arts | SUNY New Paltz

SUNY New Paltz | Take Flight at SUNY New Paltz

SUNY New Paltz | School of Science and Engineering

Alumni & Friends - SUNY New Paltz

SUNY New Paltz | Graduate Recruitment

What Can I Do With This Major? | SUNY New Paltz

Undergraduate Admissions | Majors and Minors| SUNY New Paltz

Office of Academic Advising | Office of Academic Advising | SUNY New Paltz

SUNY New Paltz | The State University of New York at New Paltz

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

March 2025

February 2025

New Paltz

Title / URL	Issues
School of Fine & Performing Arts \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/fpa/	70
SUNY New Paltz \| Take Flight at SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/take-flight/	55
SUNY New Paltz \| School of Science and Engineeringwww.newpaltz.edu/sse/	52
Alumni & Friends - SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/alumni/	49
SUNY New Paltz \| Graduate Recruitmentwww.newpaltz.edu/graduate/	40
What Can I Do With This Major? \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/careers-in/	38
Undergraduate Admissions \| Majors and Minors\| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/admissions/	34
Office of Academic Advising \| Office of Academic Advising \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/advising/	31
SUNY New Paltz \| The State University of New York at New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/index.html	29
SUNY New Paltz \| The State University of New York at New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/	29

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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