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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.

  1. 1Locate the element or setting causing the issue.
  2. 2Update it in Webflow.
  3. 3Publish and validate the output.

After you fix it

  • Tab through the page and confirm focused elements are never hidden behind sticky elements

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