Facilities and Services at Abertay

International Students | Study in Scotland | Abertay University

Research Overview | Abertay University

Fundraising & Donations

Life | Living in Dundee | Abertay University

Research Degrees | Postgraduate Study | Abertay University

How to Apply | Study Applications | Abertay University

Parent's guide to Abertay University

Business | Abertay University

Upskilling Short Courses | Abertay University

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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May 2024

University of Abertay Dundee

Title / URL	Issues
Facilities and Services at Abertaywww.abertay.ac.uk/business/facilities-and-services/	18
International Students \| Study in Scotland \| Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/international/	17
Research Overview \| Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/research-overview/	10
Fundraising & Donationswww.abertay.ac.uk/fundraising/	10
Life \| Living in Dundee \| Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/life/	9
Research Degrees \| Postgraduate Study \| Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/	9
How to Apply \| Study Applications \| Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/study-apply/how-to-apply/	9
Parent's guide to Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/life/guide-for-parents/	8
Business \| Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/business/	8
Upskilling Short Courses \| Abertay Universitywww.abertay.ac.uk/courses/upskilling-short-courses/	7

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

University of Abertay Dundee

Where this issue has occurred