Aspire Housing | Corporate Information

Your Localities | Who We Are | Aspire Housing

Aspire Housing | Policies

Aspire Housing | Contact Us

Terminate your Tenancy

Aspire Housing | Cookie Policy

Aspire Housing | Our Services | Commercial Property

Aspire Housing | Privacy Statement

Aspire Housing | Housing Association | Newcastle Under Lyme & Cheshire

Events | Aspire Housing

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

June 2025

May 2025

Aspire Housing Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Aspire Housing \| Corporate Informationwww.aspirehousing.co.uk/corporate-information	54
Your Localities \| Who We Are \| Aspire Housingwww.aspirehousing.co.uk/your-localities	44
Aspire Housing \| Policieswww.aspirehousing.co.uk/policies	38
Aspire Housing \| Contact Uswww.aspirehousing.co.uk/contact-us	29
Terminate your Tenancywww.aspirehousing.co.uk/tenancy-termination-form	25
Aspire Housing \| Cookie Policywww.aspirehousing.co.uk/cookie	25
Aspire Housing \| Our Services \| Commercial Propertywww.aspirehousing.co.uk/commercial_property	22
Aspire Housing \| Privacy Statementwww.aspirehousing.co.uk/privacy	22
Aspire Housing \| Housing Association \| Newcastle Under Lyme & Cheshirewww.aspirehousing.co.uk/	21
Events \| Aspire Housingwww.aspirehousing.co.uk/events	20

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Aspire Housing Limited

Where this issue has occurred