Our history | Assura

Home | Assura

For you | Assura

Contact us | Assura

ESG The Bigger Picture | Assura

B Corp | Assura

Media centre | Assura

Page not found | Assura

Search result | Assura

Our buildings | Assura

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

March 2025

February 2025

Assura PLC

Title / URL	Issues
Our history \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/about-us/our-history	51
Home \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/	43
For you \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/customers/what-we-do	38
Contact us \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/contact-us	37
ESG The Bigger Picture \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/esg-bigger-picture	36
B Corp \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/esg-bigger-picture/b-corp	35
Media centre \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/media-centre	34
Page not found \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/page-not-found	34
Search result \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/search-result	33
Our buildings \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/our-buildings	33

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Assura PLC

Where this issue has occurred