Investors – Barratt Developments Plc

About us – Barratt Developments Plc

Email alerts – Barratt Developments Plc

Land – Barratt Developments Plc

Barratt Developments Plc

Our contribution – Barratt Developments Plc

Zed House, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plc

History – Barratt Developments Plc

Energy House 2.0, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plc

Madden Gardens, Letchworth Garden City – Barratt Developments Plc

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

July 2025

June 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Investors – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/investors	86
About us – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/about-us	76
Email alerts – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/investors/email-alerts	70
Land – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/land	58
Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/	55
Our contribution – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/about-us/our-contribution	55
Zed House, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/zed-house	54
History – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/about-us/history	53
Energy House 2.0, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/energy-house2	46
Madden Gardens, Letchworth Garden City – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/madden-gardens	45

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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