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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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August 2025

July 2025

Orange County Community College

	Title / URL	Issues
	SUNY Orange, Current Studentssunyorange.edu/current/index.html	49
	Contact Ussunyorange.edu/contact-us/	32
	SUNY Orange, Faculty and Staffsunyorange.edu/fs/index.html	31
	SUNY Orange Librarysunyorange.edu/library/index.html	26
	Student Services Central: SUNY Orangesunyorange.edu/current/ssc.html	23
	Center for Student Success, SUNY Orangesunyorange.edu/css/index.html	21
	HEERF Fundingsunyorange.edu/heerf-funding/	21
	Enroll now at SUNY Orange!sunyorange.edu/getstarted/index.html	21
	Student Life & College Involvement \| SUNY Orangesunyorange.edu/csi/	18
	Academic Advising, SUNY Orangesunyorange.edu/advising/index.html	18

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Orange County Community College

Where this issue has occurred