Offices & Resources - SUNY Westchester Community College

Student Experience - SUNY Westchester Community College

Community Education - SUNY Westchester Community College

Leadership - SUNY Westchester Community College

About SUNY WCC - SUNY Westchester Community College

Workforce Development - SUNY Westchester Community College

Apply & Enroll - SUNY Westchester Community College

Accreditation - SUNY Westchester Community College

SUNY Westchester Community College - www.sunywcc.edu

Locations - SUNY Westchester 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)

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Offices & Resources - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/about/offices-resources/	91
	Student Experience - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/student-experience/	71
	Community Education - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/programs/community-education/	61
	Leadership - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/about/leadership/	60
	About SUNY WCC - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/about/	58
	Workforce Development - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/programs/workforce-development/	57
	Apply & Enroll - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/apply-enroll/	54
	Accreditation - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/about/accreditation/	54
	SUNY Westchester Community College - www.sunywcc.eduwww.sunywcc.edu/	52
	Locations - SUNY Westchester Community Collegewww.sunywcc.edu/student-experience/locations/	49

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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