Site Map l B&M Stores

Gallery l B&M Stores

News l B&M Stores

Home l B&M Stores

Privacy Policy l B&M Stores

Social Media l B&M Stores

AGM's l B&M Stores

Corporate Responsibility l B&M Stores

EGM's l B&M Stores

Contact Us l B&M Stores

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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June 2025

May 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Site Map l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/site-services/sitemap	66
	Gallery l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/media/gallery	54
	News l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/media/news	34
	Home l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/	29
	Privacy Policy l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/site-services/privacy-policy	27
	Social Media l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/media/social-media	27
	AGM's l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/investors/company-meetings/agm	25
	Corporate Responsibility l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/corporate-responsibility	25
	EGM's l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/investors/company-meetings/egm	24
	Contact Us l B&M Storeswww.bandmretail.com/contact-us	23

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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