News - Prince George's Community College

Virtual Student Services Center - Prince George's Community College

Admissions & Registration - Prince George's Community College

Paying for College is Affordable and Easy - Prince George's Community College

Center for Performing Arts - Prince George's Community College

Our Locations - Prince George's Community College

Pathways - Prince George's Community College

College Safety - Prince George's Community College

Prince George's Community College - Strategic Plan

Enrollment Steps - Prince George's 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

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Title / URL	Issues
News - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/about-pgcc/news/	16
Virtual Student Services Center - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/vssc/	14
Admissions & Registration - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/admissions--registration/	13
Paying for College is Affordable and Easy - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/paying-for-college/	12
Center for Performing Arts - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/arts/	11
Our Locations - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/about-pgcc/our-locations/	11
Pathways - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/pathways/	11
College Safety - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/about-pgcc/college-safety/	10
Prince George's Community College - Strategic Planwww.pgcc.edu/about-pgcc/strategicplan/	9
Enrollment Steps - Prince George's Community Collegewww.pgcc.edu/enrollmentsteps/	9

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Prince George's Community College

Where this issue has occurred