LEARN. EXPLORE. ACCELERATE. PERSEVERE. | TCC.edu

Returning Students | TCC.edu

Program Finder | Tidewater Community College Programs

Come to TCC | TCC.edu

Visiting students | TCC.edu

New Students | TCC.edu

Scholarships @ TCC | Tidewater Community College

Page not found | TCC.edu

Pay Your College Tuition | Tidewater Community College

Tuition and Fees | TCC.edu

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

Tidewater Community College

Title / URL	Issues
LEARN. EXPLORE. ACCELERATE. PERSEVERE. \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/come-to-tcc/leap/	5
Returning Students \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/come-to-tcc/returning-students/	4
Program Finder \| Tidewater Community College Programswww.tcc.edu/programs/	4
Come to TCC \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/come-to-tcc/	4
Visiting students \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/come-to-tcc/visiting-students/	4
New Students \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/come-to-tcc/new-students/	4
Scholarships @ TCC \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/paying-for-college/scholarships/	3
Page not found \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	3
Pay Your College Tuition \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/paying-for-college/pay-tuition/	2
Tuition and Fees \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/paying-for-college/tuition-fees/	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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