Majors and Concentrations

News

Office of the Provost

Research & Economic Development - Promoting Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities

Undergraduate Admissions

Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library

Student Success Centers

Tennessee Tech University

Army ROTC (Military Science)

Tech Tomorrow Strategic Plan

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

June 2025

May 2025

Tennessee Technological University

Title / URL	Issues
Majors and Concentrationswww.tntech.edu/majors/index.php	100
Newswww.tntech.edu/news/index.php	72
Office of the Provostwww.tntech.edu/provost/index.php	68
Research & Economic Development - Promoting Research, Scholarship and Creative Activitieswww.tntech.edu/research/index.php	61
Undergraduate Admissionswww.tntech.edu/admissions/index.php	60
Angelo & Jennette Volpe Librarywww.tntech.edu/library/index.php	58
Student Success Centerswww.tntech.edu/ssc/index.php	57
Tennessee Tech Universitywww.tntech.edu/	51
Army ROTC (Military Science)www.tntech.edu/armyrotc/index.php	49
Tech Tomorrow Strategic Planwww.tntech.edu/strategic/index.php	49

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Tennessee Technological University

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