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Focused Element Obscured by Sticky Element on Webflow
When tabbing through the page, focused elements can become hidden behind sticky headers, footers, or floating elements, making them invisible to keyboard users.
Issue ID: A11Y-FOCUS-OBSCURED-001Severity: moderateEffort: S
Why this matters
When tabbing through the page, focused elements can become hidden behind sticky headers, footers, or floating elements, making them invisible to keyboard users. This affects usability, compliance risk, and how many visitors can successfully consume the page.
Webflow fix path
How to fix this on Webflow
Use page settings, Designer, or project settings.
- 1Locate the element or setting causing the issue.
- 2Update it in Webflow.
- 3Publish and validate the output.
After you fix it
- ✓Tab through the page and confirm focused elements are never hidden behind sticky elements
Same fix, other platforms
Fix focused element obscured by sticky element on a different CMS
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