Workforce and Continuing Education | Workforce

Students | Students

Library | Library

Paying for College | Paying for College

Academics | Academics

Index | MJ Foster Promise

Graduation | Students

STEAM | STEAM

Welcome to Nunez Community College | Nunez Community College

Financial Aid Office | Financial Aid

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

Nunez Community College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Workforce and Continuing Education \| Workforcewww.nunez.edu/workforce/index	93
	Students \| Studentswww.nunez.edu/students/index	83
	Library \| Librarywww.nunez.edu/library/index	78
	Paying for College \| Paying for Collegewww.nunez.edu/paying-for-college/index	73
	Academics \| Academicswww.nunez.edu/academics/index	73
	Index \| MJ Foster Promisewww.nunez.edu/mj-foster-promise/index	71
	Graduation \| Studentswww.nunez.edu/students/graduation	69
	STEAM \| STEAMwww.nunez.edu/steam/index	64
	Welcome to Nunez Community College \| Nunez Community Collegewww.nunez.edu/	64
	Financial Aid Office \| Financial Aidwww.nunez.edu/financial-aid	62

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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