Land Management | Land Management

Rights and Accountability | Accountability and Compliance

Report Broken Link | Office of Information Technology

Cost of Attendance | University of Alaska System

Office of the President | Office of the President

University of Alaska Human Resources | UA Human Resources

How to apply | University of Alaska System

Campus safety & respect | University of Alaska System

Foundation | University of Alaska Foundation

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

University of Alaska

	Title / URL	Issues
	Land Management \| Land Managementwww.alaska.edu/ualand/	4
	Land Management \| Land Managementwww.alaska.edu/ualand/index.php	4
	Rights and Accountability \| Accountability and Compliancewww.alaska.edu/accountability/	2
	Report Broken Link \| Office of Information Technologywww.alaska.edu/oit/brokenlink/	2
	Cost of Attendance \| University of Alaska Systemwww.alaska.edu/alaska/cost.php	2
	Office of the President \| Office of the Presidentwww.alaska.edu/pres/index.php	2
	University of Alaska Human Resources \| UA Human Resourceswww.alaska.edu/hr/index.php	2
	How to apply \| University of Alaska Systemwww.alaska.edu/alaska/apply.php	2
	Campus safety & respect \| University of Alaska Systemwww.alaska.edu/alaska/safety.php	2
	Foundation \| University of Alaska Foundationwww.alaska.edu/foundation/	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

University of Alaska

Where this issue has occurred