RE: Focus not "obscured" to "overlapped"

I've been kind of quiet on WCAG 2.2, but a strong +1 to changing to overlapped.

Thanks,

Sheri

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From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 7:10 AM
To: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
Cc: WCAG list (w3c-wai-gl@w3.org) <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Focus not "obscured" to "overlapped"

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+1

Kind Regards,
Laura

On 8/24/22, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The last (very last, I hope) potentially normative issue on WCAG 2.2 is:
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith

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> mware.com%7C2fd69c3a3d0643d96e9d08da85da818c%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd8
> 3d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637969470774194196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjo
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> eserved=0
>
> Summary: Is it leaving a hole that the component/indicator could be 
> behind a semi-opaque layer?
>
> If so, should we change the SC to talk about overlapping instead of 
> obscuring?
>
> E.g. When a <a>user interface component</a> receives keyboard focus, 
> the component is not entirely overlapped by author-created content.
>
> That means opacity doesn’t figure into the scope, if it overlaps it 
> overlaps.
>
> That change is implemented in:
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith

> ub.com%2Fw3c%2Fwcag%2Fpull%2F2634%2Ffiles&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csbyrnehab
> er%40vmware.com%7C2fd69c3a3d0643d96e9d08da85da818c%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa
> 4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637969470774194196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8e
> yJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C30
> 00%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=czWLsObp71pccEHLRifZ4TzcrPOtpXOXrC0akBVlrxg%3D&a
> mp;reserved=0
>
> Does that work? Any objections?
>
> -Alastair
>


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Laura L. Carlson


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