Employees Archive - Piedmont Community College

Prior Learning Credit - Piedmont Community College

Online Tools - Piedmont Community College

PCC News Archives - Piedmont Community College

Leadership & Vision - Piedmont Community College

How to Apply - Piedmont Community College

Becoming A Student - Piedmont Community College

Adult Learner - Piedmont Community College

Academics Overview - Piedmont Community 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

June 2025

May 2025

Piedmont Community College

Title / URL	Issues
Employees Archive - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/directory/	100
Prior Learning Credit - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/prior-learning/	100
Online Tools - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/online-tools/	84
PCC News Archives - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/category/news/	81
Leadership & Vision - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/about/leadership-vision/	62
How to Apply - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/admissions/new-students/	59
Becoming A Student - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/becoming-a-student/	58
How to Apply - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/admissions/	56
Adult Learner - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/adult/	55
Academics Overview - Piedmont Community Collegepiedmontcc.edu/academics-overview/	55

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Piedmont Community College

Where this issue has occurred