Site map | BHR Hospitals

Our consultants | BHR Hospitals

Online appointments | BHR Hospitals

Work experience | BHR Hospitals

Our services | BHR Hospitals

Bank Staff | BHR Hospitals

Jobs at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals | BHR Hospitals

Return to Practice Nursing | BHR Hospitals

Get involved | BHR Hospitals

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 2024

May 2024

Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals

Title / URL	Issues
Site map \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/sitemap	100
Our consultants \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/our-consultants	73
Online appointments \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/online-appointments	50
Work experience \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/work-experience	34
Our services \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/our-services	29
Bank Staff \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/bank-staff-	23
Jobs at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/current-vacancies	20
Jobs at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/	20
Return to Practice Nursing \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/return-to-practice-	18
Get involved \| BHR Hospitalswww.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/get-involved	18

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals

Where this issue has occurred