Places People Prefer | British Land

Sustainability | British Land

Culture & Values | British Land

EquitaBLe | British Land

Corporate Governance | British Land

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Our Places | British Land

Our Portfolio | British Land

All Places | British Land

Customers | British Land

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

British Land

Title / URL	Issues
Places People Prefer \| British Landwww.britishland.com/	43
Sustainability \| British Landwww.britishland.com/sustainability	35
Culture & Values \| British Landwww.britishland.com/about-us/culture-values	28
EquitaBLe \| British Landwww.britishland.com/about-us/culture-values/equitable	26
Corporate Governance \| British Landwww.britishland.com/about-us/corporate-governance	24
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.britishland.com/	24
Our Places \| British Landwww.britishland.com/our-places	20
Our Portfolio \| British Landwww.britishland.com/about-us/our-portfolio	20
All Places \| British Landwww.britishland.com/our-places/all-places	19
Customers \| British Landwww.britishland.com/customers	19

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

British Land

Where this issue has occurred