Register for Classes | Southern Adventist University

Records and Advisement | Southern Adventist University

History and Political Studies | Southern Adventist University

School of Music | Southern Adventist University

School of Nursing | Southern Adventist University

Tutoring Center | Southern Adventist University

School of Health and Kinesiology | Southern Adventist University

Biology Department | Southern Adventist University

School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Southern Adventist University

Physics and Engineering at Southern | Southern Adventist University

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

February 2025

January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Register for Classes \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/administration/register/	46
Records and Advisement \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/administration/records/	14
History and Political Studies \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/academics/history/	12
School of Music \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/academics/music/	12
School of Nursing \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/academics/nursing/	12
Tutoring Center \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/mckee-library/Tutoring-Center/	12
School of Health and Kinesiology \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/academics/pehw/	11
Biology Department \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/academics/biology/	11
School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/academics/edpsych/	11
Physics and Engineering at Southern \| Southern Adventist Universitywww.southern.edu/academics/physics/	10

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Southern Adventist University

Where this issue has occurred