Contact | UTRGV

UTRGV | The Newsroom - The Newsroom

Apply | UTRGV

Home | UTRGV

Academics | UTRGV

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Required Links | UTRGV

Page Not Found | UTRGV

About Overview | UTRGV

Master of Business Administration | UTRGV

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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February 2025

January 2025

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Title / URL	Issues
Contact \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/about/contact/index.htm	2
UTRGV \| The Newsroom - The Newsroomwww.utrgv.edu/newsroom/	2
Apply \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/admissions/apply/index.htm	2
Home \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/index.htm	1
Academics \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/academics/index.htm	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.utrgv.edu/	1
Required Links \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/required-links/index.htm	1
Page Not Found \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
About Overview \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/about/index.htm	1
Master of Business Administration \| UTRGVwww.utrgv.edu/programs/mba.htm	1

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Where this issue has occurred