About Our Company | Accenture

Utilities Consulting Services | Accenture

Healthcare Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture

Travel, Airline, & Hospitality Consulting Services | Accenture

Oil and Gas Consulting Services | Energy Industry | Accenture

Supply Chain Networks Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture

Retail Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture

Insurance Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture

High Tech Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture

Banking Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture

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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

August 2025

July 2025

Accenture plc

Title / URL	Issues
About Our Company \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/about/company-index	28
Utilities Consulting Services \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/utilities	26
Healthcare Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/health	25
Travel, Airline, & Hospitality Consulting Services \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/travel	24
Oil and Gas Consulting Services \| Energy Industry \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/energy	23
Supply Chain Networks Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/services/supply-chain	23
Retail Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/retail	23
Insurance Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/insurance	22
High Tech Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/high-tech	21
Banking Consulting Services & Solutions \| Accenturewww.accenture.com/us-en/industries/banking	21

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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