Office of the Registrar - Yavapai College

OLLI - Yavapai College

Tutoring Services - Yavapai College

Alumni Services - Yavapai College

Arizona Community College - Yavapai College

Virtual Open House - Yavapai College

Bachelor of Science - Business - Yavapai College

Transfer Center - Yavapai College

Disability Resources - Yavapai 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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August 2025

July 2025

Yavapai College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Office of the Registrar - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/registrar/index.html	42
	OLLI - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/lifelong-learning/olli.html	36
	Tutoring Services - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/tutoring/index.html	36
	Alumni Services - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/alumni/index.html	34
	Arizona Community College - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/	30
	Virtual Open House - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/virtual/	30
	Arizona Community College - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/	30
	Bachelor of Science - Business - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/schools/bucs/bsb.html	26
	Transfer Center - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/advising/transfer.html	25
	Disability Resources - Yavapai Collegewww.yc.edu/v6/disability-resources/	24

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred