Current Students | South Mountain Community College

Page not found | South Mountain Community College

Student Life and Leadership | South Mountain Community College

QLess - Virtual Lines | South Mountain Community College

Leadership and Divisions | South Mountain Community College

Become a Student | South Mountain Community College

Campus Maps | South Mountain Community College

Academics | South Mountain Community College

Accreditation | South Mountain Community College

Community | South Mountain 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

December 2024

November 2024

South Mountain Community College

Title / URL	Issues
Current Students \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/students	11
Page not found \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	10
Student Life and Leadership \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/current-students/student-life	8
QLess - Virtual Lines \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/become-student/qless	5
Leadership and Divisions \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/about/leadership	5
Become a Student \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/become-student	5
Campus Maps \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/about/campus-maps	4
Academics \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/academics	4
Accreditation \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/about/accreditation	4
Community \| South Mountain Community Collegewww.southmountaincc.edu/about/community	4

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred