Alumni - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Organisatie - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Onderwijs voor professionals - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Universiteit van Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

Contact & locaties - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Experts - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Nieuws - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Agenda - Universiteit van Amsterdam

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

September 2025

August 2025

Title / URL	Issues
Alumni - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/over-de-uva/alumni/alumni.html	57
Organisatie - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/organisatie.html	52
Onderwijs voor professionals - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/onderwijs/voor-professionals/voor-professionals.html	50
Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/	50
University of Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/en	49
Contact & locaties - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/over-de-uva/contact-en-locaties/contact.html?SI	47
Contact & locaties - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/over-de-uva/contact-en-locaties/contact.html	47
Experts - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/nieuws-agenda/persvoorlichting/experts/experts.html	45
Nieuws - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/nieuws-agenda/nieuws/nieuws.html	43
Agenda - Universiteit van Amsterdamwww.uva.nl/nieuws-agenda/agenda/uva-agenda.html	38

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

University of Amsterdam

Where this issue has occurred