Life & Finances | Sound Credit Union

Business Homepage | Sound Credit Union

Cannabis Banking WA | Sound Credit Union

Small Business Loans WA | Sound Credit Union

Branches | Sound Credit Union

Washington's Favorite Credit Union | Sound Credit Union

Mobile Banking WA | Sound Credit Union

Home Loans WA | Sound Credit Union

Credit Cards | Sound Credit Union

Online Banking WA | Sound Credit Union

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

August 2025

July 2025

Sound Credit Union

Title / URL	Issues
Life & Finances \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/life-finances/	83
Business Homepage \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/business/	82
Cannabis Banking WA \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/cannabis/	81
Small Business Loans WA \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/business-loans/	81
Branches \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/branches/	69
Washington's Favorite Credit Union \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/	66
Mobile Banking WA \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/mobile/	63
Home Loans WA \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/home-loans/	62
Credit Cards \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/credit-cards/	62
Online Banking WA \| Sound Credit Unionwww.soundcu.com/online-banking/	62

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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