Sport and fitness

Our place in the community

Students' landing page

About the University

Research policy and governance

Staff landing page

University finance system

Exams and assessments

Human Resources

Student Accommodation

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

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March 2025

February 2025

University of Bath

Title / URL	Issues
Sport and fitnesswww.bath.ac.uk/topics/sport-and-fitness/	75
Our place in the communitywww.bath.ac.uk/topics/our-place-in-the-community/	75
Students' landing pagewww.bath.ac.uk/students/	73
About the Universitywww.bath.ac.uk/topics/about-the-university/	67
Research policy and governancewww.bath.ac.uk/topics/research-policy-and-governance/	65
Staff landing pagewww.bath.ac.uk/staff/	65
University finance systemwww.bath.ac.uk/topics/university-finance-system/	65
Exams and assessmentswww.bath.ac.uk/topics/exams-and-assessments/	60
Human Resourceswww.bath.ac.uk/professional-services/human-resources/	59
Student Accommodationwww.bath.ac.uk/professional-services/student-accommodation/	59

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

University of Bath

Where this issue has occurred