Bell | Textron

Search | Textron

Businesses | Textron

Website Privacy Policy | Textron

Page Not Found | Textron

Company | Textron

Global Reach | Textron

Ethics and Compliance | Textron

Frequently Asked Questions | Textron

CorpResponsibility | Textron

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

Textron Inc.

Title / URL	Issues
Bell \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Our-Businesses/Bell	12
Search \| Textronwww.textron.com/search/google	12
Businesses \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Our-Businesses	12
Website Privacy Policy \| Textronwww.textron.com/Legal/Website-Privacy-Policy	12
Page Not Found \| Textronwww.textron.com/invented-url-for-404-page	12
Company \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Company	12
Global Reach \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Company/Global-Reach	12
Ethics and Compliance \| Textronwww.textron.com/CorpResponsibility/Ethics	12
Frequently Asked Questions \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Company/Faq	12
CorpResponsibility \| Textronwww.textron.com/CorpResponsibility	12

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Textron Inc.

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