The Credit Union for Washington: Join Us Today | WSECU

Join the Credit Union for Washington | WSECU

Mortgages That Best Fit Your Home Loan Needs | WSECU

Mortgage Refinancing with Personalized Support | WSECU

Loan Officers: Meet Our Friendly, Experienced Staff | WSECU

Personal Credit Cards with Rewards and Low Rates | WSECU

Checking Accounts That Fit Your Financial Lifestyle | WSECU

Savings Account: The Place to Grow Your Money | WSECU

Expenses high? Here’s our lowest rate credit card | WSECU

Bill Pay Resources: Tips to Manage e-Bills, Payments | WSECU

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

May 2025

April 2025

Washington State Employees Credit Union

Title / URL	Issues
The Credit Union for Washington: Join Us Today \| WSECUwsecu.org/	9
Join the Credit Union for Washington \| WSECUwsecu.org/join-wsecu	8
Mortgages That Best Fit Your Home Loan Needs \| WSECUwsecu.org/loans/mortgage-purchase	8
Mortgage Refinancing with Personalized Support \| WSECUwsecu.org/loans/mortgage-refinance	8
Loan Officers: Meet Our Friendly, Experienced Staff \| WSECUwsecu.org/loans/home-loan-officers	7
Personal Credit Cards with Rewards and Low Rates \| WSECUwsecu.org/credit-cards	6
Checking Accounts That Fit Your Financial Lifestyle \| WSECUwsecu.org/checking-and-savings/checking	6
Savings Account: The Place to Grow Your Money \| WSECUwsecu.org/checking-and-savings/savings	6
Expenses high? Here’s our lowest rate credit card \| WSECUwsecu.org/credit-cards/low-rate	6
Bill Pay Resources: Tips to Manage e-Bills, Payments \| WSECUwsecu.org/resources/bill-pay	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Washington State Employees Credit Union

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