Events | LAPC

| LAPC

New Student Checklist | LAPC

Apply to LAPC | LAPC

Office of Institutional Effectiveness | LAPC

Homepage | LAPC

Admissions & Records | LAPC

Student Success and Support Program | LAPC

LA College Promise | LAPC

CopyTech | LAPC

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 2024

May 2024

Pierce College

Title / URL	Issues
Events \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/campus-life/events	34
\| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/news	15
New Student Checklist \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/student-services/spr/drc/getting-started	14
Apply to LAPC \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/admissions/apply	13
Office of Institutional Effectiveness \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/offices/oie	12
Homepage \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/	12
Admissions & Records \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/admissions	12
Student Success and Support Program \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/admissions/sssp	11
LA College Promise \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/student-services/promise	11
CopyTech \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/offices/copytech	10

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Pierce College

Where this issue has occurred