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Worldwide Office Directory | About SAP SE

Supply Chain Management Software | SAP Digital Supply Chain

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

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June 2024

May 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Sitemap \| SAPwww.sap.com/uk/site-map.html	100
A to Z Product Listing of SAP Applications, Software and Platformswww.sap.com/uk/products/a-z.html?url_id=banner-uk-homepage-row2-cta-products-230517	100
SAP UK and Ireland: Business Software Solutionswww.sap.com/uk/index.html	83
SAP Insightswww.sap.com/uk/insights.html	82
Copyright \| About SAPwww.sap.com/uk/about/legal/copyright.html	77
The Intelligent Enterprise \| SAPwww.sap.com/uk/intelligent-enterprise.html	71
Sustainability Solutions, Software & Services \| SAPwww.sap.com/uk/sustainability.html	70
Human Capital Management (HCM) \| Cloud HR Software Systems \| SAPwww.sap.com/uk/products/hcm.html?url_id=banner-uk-homepage-row2-pos5-hcm-230510	70
Worldwide Office Directory \| About SAP SEwww.sap.com/uk/about/company/office-locations.html	70
Supply Chain Management Software \| SAP Digital Supply Chainwww.sap.com/uk/products/scm.html?url_id=banner-uk-homepage-row2-pos7-scm-230510	69

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

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