Food | Berry Global

Healthcare & Pharma | Berry Global

Wholesale Plastics Products Supplier & Manufacturer | Berry | Berry Global

DIY | Berry Global

Foodservice | Berry Global

Animal Pet Care | Berry Global

Beverage | Berry Global

Garden Outdoors | Berry Global

Homecare | Berry Global

Plastic Packaging Manufacturer & Product Innovation | Berry Global | Berry Global

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

Berry Global Group

	Title / URL	Issues
	Food \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/food	88
	Healthcare & Pharma \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/healthcare	86
	Wholesale Plastics Products Supplier & Manufacturer \| Berry \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/product	86
	DIY \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/diy	76
	Foodservice \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/foodservice	75
	Animal Pet Care \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/animal-pet-care	75
	Beverage \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/beverage	73
	Garden Outdoors \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/garden-outdoors	71
	Homecare \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/markets/homecare	68
	Plastic Packaging Manufacturer & Product Innovation \| Berry Global \| Berry Globalwww.berryglobal.com/en/	43

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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