Search | Textron

Website Privacy Policy | Textron

Ethics and Compliance | Textron

Frequently Asked Questions | Textron

Global Reach | Textron

Contact Us | Textron

Businesses | Textron

Bell | Textron

Company | Textron

Page Not Found | 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)

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June 2025

May 2025

Textron Inc.

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

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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