Site Map | Textron

Legal | Textron

Company | Textron

Supplying to Textron's Business Units | Textron

Ethics and Compliance | Textron

Businesses | Textron

Global Reach | Textron

Bell | Textron

Legal Entity Disclaimer | Textron

Equal Employment Opportunity at Textron | 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

August 2025

July 2025

Textron Inc.

	Title / URL	Issues
	Site Map \| Textronwww.textron.com/Site-Map	12
	Legal \| Textronwww.textron.com/Legal	10
	Company \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Company	6
	Supplying to Textron's Business Units \| Textronwww.textron.com/content/supplying-textrons-business-units	5
	Ethics and Compliance \| Textronwww.textron.com/CorpResponsibility/Ethics	4
	Businesses \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Our-Businesses	4
	Global Reach \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Company/Global-Reach	4
	Bell \| Textronwww.textron.com/About/Our-Businesses/Bell	3
	Legal Entity Disclaimer \| Textronwww.textron.com/Legal/Legal-Entity-Disclaimer	3
	Equal Employment Opportunity at Textron \| Textronwww.textron.com/Legal/EOO	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Textron Inc.

Where this issue has occurred