Academics - Northland College

Water Summit - Northland College

Youth Outreach Programs - Northland College

Transcript and Diploma Requests - Northland College

Directory - Northland College

Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute - Northland College

Maxwell Nature Area - Northland College

Campus Map - Northland College

Northland College - The Environmental Liberal Arts College

Timber Wolf Alliance - Northland 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

August 2025

July 2025

Northland College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Academics - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/academics/	4
	Water Summit - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/centers/mgbc/watersummit/	3
	Youth Outreach Programs - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/centers/soei/youth/	3
	Transcript and Diploma Requests - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/academics/transcript-request/	3
	Directory - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/directory/	3
	Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/centers/soei/	3
	Maxwell Nature Area - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/academics/maxwell-nature-area/	3
	Campus Map - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/about/campus-map/	3
	Northland College - The Environmental Liberal Arts Collegewww.northland.edu/	3
	Timber Wolf Alliance - Northland Collegewww.northland.edu/centers/soei/twa/	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Northland College

Where this issue has occurred