Online Master’s Degrees | UMGC

Compare Programs | UMGC

Help Center | UMGC

Online Bachelor’s Degrees | UMGC

Business & Management | UMGC

IT & Computer Science | UMGC

Healthcare & Science | UMGC

Cybersecurity | UMGC

University of Maryland Global Campus | UMGC

Public Safety | UMGC

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

January 2025

December 2024

University of Maryland Global Campus

Title / URL	Issues
Online Master’s Degrees \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/online-degrees/masters	100
Compare Programs \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/compare-programs	100
Help Center \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/help	100
Online Bachelor’s Degrees \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/online-degrees/bachelors	99
Business & Management \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/business-management	99
IT & Computer Science \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/it-computer-science	90
Healthcare & Science \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/healthcare-science	80
Cybersecurity \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/cybersecurity	76
University of Maryland Global Campus \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/	71
Public Safety \| UMGCwww.umgc.edu/public-safety	61

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

University of Maryland Global Campus

Where this issue has occurred