Studierende - Universität Graz

Studieninteressierte - Universität Graz

Universität Graz

Organisation - University of Graz

Zukunft denken - Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Philosophie - Universität Graz

Coaching - Universität Graz

Campus - Universität Graz

Profilbereiche der Forschung und Open Access an der Universität Graz - Universität Graz

Impressum - Universität Graz

Forschung beantwortet Fragen für unsere Zukunft - Universität Graz

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

May 2025

April 2025

University of Graz

Title / URL	Issues
Studierende - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/studium/studierende/	89
Studieninteressierte - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/studium/studieninteressierte/	57
Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/	42
Organisation - University of Grazwww.uni-graz.at/en/university/organisation/	41
Zukunft denken - Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Philosophie - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/veranstaltungen/zukunft-denken-1/	41
Coaching - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/studium/coaching/	40
Campus - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/campus/	37
Profilbereiche der Forschung und Open Access an der Universität Graz - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/forschungsprofil/unsere-expertise/	36
Impressum - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/impressum/	35
Forschung beantwortet Fragen für unsere Zukunft - Universität Grazwww.uni-graz.at/de/forschungsprofil/forschungsfragen/	34

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

University of Graz

Where this issue has occurred