Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center | Vassar College

Drama | Vassar College

News | Vassar College

Art - Faculty & Staff | Vassar College

Art | Vassar College

Art - Contact | Vassar College

Visit - Homepage | Vassar College

Vassar College Home | Vassar College

Page not found | Vassar College

Music - Home | Vassar 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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January 2025

December 2024

Vassar College

Title / URL	Issues
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/theloeb	3
Drama \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/drama	3
News \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/news	3
Art - Faculty & Staff \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/art/faculty	2
Art \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/art	2
Art - Contact \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/art/contact	2
Visit - Homepage \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/visit	1
Vassar College Home \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/	1
Page not found \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Music - Home \| Vassar Collegewww.vassar.edu/music	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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