Board Meeting Minutes | Shawnee State

Board Committees | Shawnee State

Policies Organized Numerically | Shawnee State

Board Resolutions | Shawnee State

Board Members | Shawnee State

Past Shawnee State Presidents | Shawnee State

University Policies and Procedures | Shawnee State

Associate Provost | Shawnee State

Board of Trustees | Shawnee State

Office of the President Staff | Shawnee State

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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August 2025

July 2025

Shawnee State University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Board Meeting Minutes \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/leadership/board-trustees/meeting-minutes	5
	Board Committees \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/leadership/board-trustees/committees	3
	Policies Organized Numerically \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/policies/policies-organized-numerically	3
	Board Resolutions \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/leadership/board-trustees/resolutions	3
	Board Members \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/leadership/board-trustees/members	3
	Past Shawnee State Presidents \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/president/past-shawnee-state-presidents	2
	University Policies and Procedures \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/university-policies	2
	Associate Provost \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/provost/associate-provost	2
	Board of Trustees \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/leadership/board-trustees	2
	Office of the President Staff \| Shawnee Statewww.shawnee.edu/about-us/president/office-president-staff	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Shawnee State University

Where this issue has occurred