Virginia Western Online – Virginia Western Community College

Academic Advising – Virginia Western Community College

Community College Access Program – Virginia Western Community College

Student Life – Virginia Western Community College

Institutional Effectiveness – Virginia Western Community College

Faculty & Staff Resources – Virginia Western Community College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Financial Aid – Virginia Western Community College

Programs & Training at Virginia Western – Virginia Western Community College

About Virginia Western – Virginia Western 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

January 2025

December 2024

Virginia Western Community College

Title / URL	Issues
Virginia Western Online – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/online/	1
Academic Advising – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/advising/	1
Community College Access Program – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/ccap/	1
Student Life – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/student-life/	1
Institutional Effectiveness – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/ie/	1
Faculty & Staff Resources – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/faculty-staff/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.virginiawestern.edu/	1
Financial Aid – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/financial-aid/	1
Programs & Training at Virginia Western – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/academics/	1
About Virginia Western – Virginia Western Community Collegewww.virginiawestern.edu/about/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Virginia Western Community College

Where this issue has occurred