Calendars / Events | San Jacinto College

Newsroom | San Jacinto College

In the Community | San Jacinto College

History of San Jac | San Jacinto College

Emergency Management | San Jacinto College

Contracts and Purchasing | San Jacinto College

Industry Partners | San Jacinto College

Continuing Education | San Jacinto College

Community Colleges in Houston | San Jacinto College

Accreditation | San Jacinto 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

January 2025

December 2024

San Jacinto College

Title / URL	Issues
Calendars / Events \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/calendar/month	1
Newsroom \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/news	1
In the Community \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/about-san-jac/community	1
History of San Jac \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/node/4782281	1
Emergency Management \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/oem	1
Contracts and Purchasing \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/purchasing	1
Industry Partners \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/industry-partners	1
Continuing Education \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/continuing-education	1
Community Colleges in Houston \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/	1
Accreditation \| San Jacinto Collegewww.sanjac.edu/accreditation	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

San Jacinto College

Where this issue has occurred