Resources & Forms Human Resources | West Hills Community College District

Coalinga College

Firebaugh Center - Coalinga College

History | West Hills Community College District

Course Catalog for Lemoore College & Coalinga College

Community| West Hills Community College District

Skills Valley Contract Training | West Hills Community College District

Event Calendar | West Hills Community College District

Jobs At West Hills Community College District | West Hills Community College District

Departments | West Hills Community College District

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

West Hills College

Title / URL	Issues
Resources & Forms Human Resources \| West Hills Community College Districtwesthillscollege.com/district/departments/human-resources/resources.php	3
Coalinga Collegewesthillscollege.com/coalinga/	3
Firebaugh Center - Coalinga Collegewesthillscollege.com/firebaugh/	3
History \| West Hills Community College Districtwesthillscollege.com/district/about/history.php	3
Course Catalog for Lemoore College & Coalinga Collegewesthillscollege.com/schedule/	1
Community\| West Hills Community College Districtwesthillscollege.com/district/community/	1
Skills Valley Contract Training \| West Hills Community College Districtwesthillscollege.com/district/contract-training/	1
Event Calendar \| West Hills Community College Districtwesthillscollege.com/events/	1
Jobs At West Hills Community College District \| West Hills Community College Districtwesthillscollege.com/district/about/jobs-at-whc/	1
Departments \| West Hills Community College Districtwesthillscollege.com/district/departments/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

West Hills College

Where this issue has occurred