Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Benefits and Programs : Benefits & Programs : State of Oregon

Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Resources : Resources For... : State of Oregon

Department of Environmental Quality : Air Quality Today : Air Quality : State of Oregon

Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Oregon Veteran Home Loans : Home Loans : State of Oregon

Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Veteran Services in Oregon : Locate a Veteran Services Office : State of Oregon

Oregon Department of Human Services : Food Resources : Food Benefits : State of Oregon

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 Oregon

Title / URL	Issues
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Benefits and Programs : Benefits & Programs : State of Oregonwww.oregon.gov/odva/benefits/Pages/default.aspx	42
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Resources : Resources For... : State of Oregonwww.oregon.gov/odva/resources/Pages/default.aspx	34
Department of Environmental Quality : Air Quality Today : Air Quality : State of Oregonwww.oregon.gov/deq/aq/pages/aqi.aspx	32
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Oregon Veteran Home Loans : Home Loans : State of Oregonwww.oregon.gov/odva/home-loans/Pages/default.aspx	23
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs : Veteran Services in Oregon : Locate a Veteran Services Office : State of Oregonwww.oregon.gov/odva/services/Pages/default.aspx	20
Oregon Department of Human Services : Food Resources : Food Benefits : State of Oregonwww.oregon.gov/odhs/food/pages/default.aspx	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

State of Oregon

Where this issue has occurred