Parkville Campus Life | Dining and Pirate Fitness | Park University

Park University is a private, nonprofit, liberal arts institution

Residence Life | Gilbert Campus | Park University

Page not found | Park University

About Park | Park University

Apply for Financial Aid and FAFSA | Park University

Park Brand | Park University at Parkville, Missouri

Vision 2025 | Park University

Email and Resources for Faculty & Staff | Park University

Tuition and Financial Aid | Admissions | Park University

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

February 2025

January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Parkville Campus Life \| Dining and Pirate Fitness \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/life-park/parkville/	2
Park University is a private, nonprofit, liberal arts institutionwww.park.edu/	2
Residence Life \| Gilbert Campus \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/gilbert-residence-life/	2
Page not found \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
About Park \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/about-park/	2
Apply for Financial Aid and FAFSA \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/apply-financial-aid/	2
Park Brand \| Park University at Parkville, Missouriwww.park.edu/about-park/park-brand/	2
Vision 2025 \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/about-park/vision-2025/	2
Email and Resources for Faculty & Staff \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/faculty-staff/	2
Tuition and Financial Aid \| Admissions \| Park Universitywww.park.edu/tuition-financial-aid/	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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