British American Tobacco - Results centre

British American Tobacco - News and filings

British American Tobacco - Investing in BAT

British American Tobacco - Driving innovation

British American Tobacco - Sustainability for Investors

British American Tobacco - Contact us

British American Tobacco - Media

British American Tobacco - Manufacturing

British American Tobacco - Working with retailers

British American Tobacco - Regulation

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

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Title / URL	Issues
British American Tobacco - Results centrewww.bat.com/DO72TJQU.html	100
British American Tobacco - News and filingswww.bat.com/DOBYAMPJ.html	100
British American Tobacco - Investing in BATwww.bat.com/DOBYAM6Q.html	48
British American Tobacco - Driving innovationwww.bat.com/DOCS4JKT.html	48
British American Tobacco - Sustainability for Investorswww.bat.com/DOBYAM7A.html	47
British American Tobacco - Contact uswww.bat.com/DO52GC8F.html	45
British American Tobacco - Mediawww.bat.com/DO52AD9E.html	45
British American Tobacco - Manufacturingwww.bat.com/DO52AEAY.html	38
British American Tobacco - Working with retailerswww.bat.com/DO6ZXP2Z.html	38
British American Tobacco - Regulationwww.bat.com/DO9DFFYA.html	38

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred