About us – Barratt Developments Plc

Investors – Barratt Developments Plc

Barratt Developments Plc

Zed House, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plc

Energy House 2.0, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plc

Land – Barratt Developments Plc

Spiers Meadow, Basingstoke – Barratt Developments Plc

Madden Gardens, Letchworth Garden City – Barratt Developments Plc

Page not found – Barratt Developments Plc

Cane Hill, South London – 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

June 2025

May 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	About us – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/about-us	43
	Investors – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/investors	38
	Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/	38
	Zed House, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/zed-house	32
	Energy House 2.0, Manchester – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/energy-house2	31
	Land – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/land	30
	Spiers Meadow, Basingstoke – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/spiers-meadow	25
	Madden Gardens, Letchworth Garden City – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/madden-gardens	25
	Page not found – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	24
	Cane Hill, South London – Barratt Developments Plcwww.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/showcase/cane-hill	24

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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