Academic Calendar – North Georgia Technical College

PackCARE – North Georgia Technical College

Campus Tour – North Georgia Technical College

News – North Georgia Technical College

North Georgia Technical College

Adult Education – North Georgia Technical College

Departments – North Georgia Technical College

The 1943 Gala – North Georgia Technical College

Foundation – North Georgia Technical College

Registrar – North Georgia Technical 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)

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June 2025

May 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	Academic Calendar – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/academic-calendar/	5
	PackCARE – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/student-affairs/packcare/	5
	Campus Tour – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/campus-tour/	4
	News – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/about-us/news/	4
	North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/	4
	Adult Education – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/adult-education/	4
	Departments – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/departments/	4
	The 1943 Gala – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/foundation/the-1943-gala/	4
	Foundation – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/foundation/	4
	Registrar – North Georgia Technical Collegenorthgatech.edu/registrar/	4

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

North Georgia Technical College

Where this issue has occurred