Privacy Policy - Amicus Limited

Cookie Policy - Amicus Limited

Comprehensive Leadership Audit for Senior Management Teams

Lyndsey Soar - Amicus Limited

John Deverell CBE - Amicus Limited

Boost Business Performance with Our Tailor-Made Workshops

Latest Insights from Amicus Limited

Emilie West - Amicus Limited

Jennifer Carnegie - Amicus Limited

About Amicus Limited: Delivering Lasting Change Through People

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

Amicus Group Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Privacy Policy - Amicus Limitedwww.amicuslimited.com/legal/privacy-policy	3
Cookie Policy - Amicus Limitedwww.amicuslimited.com/legal/cookie-policy	3
Comprehensive Leadership Audit for Senior Management Teamswww.amicuslimited.com/services/leadership-audit	3
Lyndsey Soar - Amicus Limitedwww.amicuslimited.com/team/lyndsey-soar	3
John Deverell CBE - Amicus Limitedwww.amicuslimited.com/team/john-deverell	3
Boost Business Performance with Our Tailor-Made Workshopswww.amicuslimited.com/services	3
Latest Insights from Amicus Limitedwww.amicuslimited.com/news	3
Emilie West - Amicus Limitedwww.amicuslimited.com/team/emilie-west	3
Jennifer Carnegie - Amicus Limitedwww.amicuslimited.com/team/jennifer-carnegie	3
About Amicus Limited: Delivering Lasting Change Through Peoplewww.amicuslimited.com/about	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Amicus Group Limited

Where this issue has occurred