Our funds | Ashmore Group

Terms and Conditions | Ashmore Group

Document Library | Ashmore Group

Accessibility | Ashmore Group

Fraud warning | Ashmore Group

Contact us - UK | Ashmore Group

Privacy Policy | Ashmore Group

Cookie policy | Ashmore Group

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

January 2025

December 2024

Ashmore Group

Title / URL	Issues
Our funds \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/our-funds	12
Terms and Conditions \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/terms-and-conditions	11
Document Library \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/document-library	11
Accessibility \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/accessibility	6
Fraud warning \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/fraud-warning	3
Contact us - UK \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/contact-us	3
Privacy Policy \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-co/privacy-policy	2
Privacy Policy \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-apac/privacy-policy	2
Cookie policy \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-co/cookie-policy	2
Cookie policy \| Ashmore Groupwww.ashmoregroup.com/en-gb/cookie-policy	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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