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Energy Sector Insurance | AXA XL

Insurance for the Real Estate Industry | AXA XL

Insurance for Information Technology Industry | AXA XL

Market Guides | AXA XL

Design Professional | Architect and Engineer Insurance | AXA XL

Fine Art Insurance | AXA XL

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)

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July 2025

June 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingaxaxl.com/	9
	Energy Sector Insurance \| AXA XLaxaxl.com/insurance/industries/energy	4
	Insurance for the Real Estate Industry \| AXA XLaxaxl.com/insurance/industries/real-estate	4
	Insurance for Information Technology Industry \| AXA XLaxaxl.com/insurance/industries/technology	3
	Market Guides \| AXA XLaxaxl.com/market-guides	1
	Design Professional \| Architect and Engineer Insurance \| AXA XLaxaxl.com/insurance/design-professional	1
	Fine Art Insurance \| AXA XLaxaxl.com/fine-art-and-specie	1

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