Departments | Wesleyan University

Information for Faculty | Wesleyan University

Information for Alumni | Wesleyan University

Admission and Aid | Wesleyan University

Expression Through the Arts | Wesleyan University

Life at Wesleyan University

Why Wesleyan | Inclusive, Transformative Liberal Arts Education

Information for Staff | Wesleyan University

Together, We Make Wesleyan

Academics at Wesleyan University

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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	Title / URL	Issues
	Departments \| Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/academics/departments/index.html	100
	Information for Faculty \| Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/information-for/faculty.html	47
	Information for Alumni \| Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/information-for/alumni.html	45
	Admission and Aid \| Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/admission/index.html	40
	Expression Through the Arts \| Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/why-wesleyan/the-arts.html	39
	Life at Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/life/index.html	37
	Why Wesleyan \| Inclusive, Transformative Liberal Arts Educationwww.wesleyan.edu/why-wesleyan/index.html	37
	Information for Staff \| Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/information-for/staff.html	36
	Together, We Make Wesleyanwww.wesleyan.edu/why-wesleyan/inclusion.html	35
	Academics at Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/academics/index.html	34

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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