Areas of Study - Vance Granville Community College

The VGCC Foundation - Vance Granville Community College

Financial Aid - Vance Granville Community College

Career Pathways - Vance Granville Community College

Academic Advisors - Vance Granville Community College

Testing Services - Vance Granville Community College

Calendar - Vance Granville Community College

Future Students - Vance Granville Community College

Job Training & Continuing Education - Vance Granville Community College

Directory Archive - Vance Granville Community College

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)

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August 2025

July 2025

Vance-Granville Community College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Areas of Study - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/areas-of-study/	1
	The VGCC Foundation - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/foundation/	1
	Financial Aid - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/financial-aid/	1
	Career Pathways - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/career-pathways/	1
	Academic Advisors - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/advisors/	1
	Testing Services - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/testing-services/	1
	Calendar - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/calendar/	1
	Future Students - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/future-students/	1
	Job Training & Continuing Education - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/coned/	1
	Directory Archive - Vance Granville Community Collegewww.vgcc.edu/directory/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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