PV Place | PVAMU Home

College of Juvenile Justice - College of Juvenile Justice

The Texas Undergraduate Medical Academy - Undergraduate Medical Academy

Office of Continuing Education - Continuing Education

The Office of Chief of Police - University Police Department

Directory | PVAMU Home

CEP 4-H Clubs in Brazos County Food Show 2022 - College of Agriculture and Human Sciences

School of Architecture - School of Architecture

College of Education - College of Education

College of Nursing - College of Nursing

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

Prairie View A&M University

Title / URL	Issues
PV Place \| PVAMU Homewww.pvamu.edu/pvplace/	5
College of Juvenile Justice - College of Juvenile Justicewww.pvamu.edu/cojj/	5
The Texas Undergraduate Medical Academy - Undergraduate Medical Academywww.pvamu.edu/uma/	5
Office of Continuing Education - Continuing Educationwww.pvamu.edu/continuingeducation/	5
The Office of Chief of Police - University Police Departmentwww.pvamu.edu/upd/	5
Directory \| PVAMU Homewww.pvamu.edu/directory/	5
CEP 4-H Clubs in Brazos County Food Show 2022 - College of Agriculture and Human Scienceswww.pvamu.edu/cahs/2022/02/21/cep-4-h-clubs-in-brazos-county-food-show-2022/	5
School of Architecture - School of Architecturewww.pvamu.edu/soa/	5
College of Education - College of Educationwww.pvamu.edu/education/	5
College of Nursing - College of Nursingwww.pvamu.edu/nursing/	5

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Prairie View A&M University

Where this issue has occurred