Contact | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Upcoming Events | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Tools & Resources | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

State Government | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Safety | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Census 2020

Cost of Living | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Local Government | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Welcome from Governor Armstrong

Learning for a Lifetime | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

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

May 2025

April 2025

State of North Dakota

Title / URL	Issues
Contact \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/contact	5
Upcoming Events \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/events	5
Tools & Resources \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/working-nd/tools-resources	4
State Government \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/government/state-government	4
Safety \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/living-nd/safety	4
Census 2020www.nd.gov/news-events/census-2020	4
Cost of Living \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/living-nd/cost-living	4
Local Government \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/government/local-government	4
Welcome from Governor Armstrongwww.nd.gov/government/welcome-governor-armstrong	4
Learning for a Lifetime \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/living-nd/learning-lifetime	4

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

State of North Dakota

Where this issue has occurred