BCOP|Nursing Homes and Housing|Older People|Birmingham

News | BCOP

Flats and bungalows for over 60s available to rent now in Birmingham

Events | BCOP - Part 2

Events | BCOP

Supported Housing | Birmingham | BCOP charity

Publications | BCOP

Nursing Care Homes Birmingham | BCOP

Donate to support older people in BirminghamBCOP

BCOP - Page not found

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

April 2025

March 2025

Broadening Choices for Older People

Title / URL	Issues
BCOP\|Nursing Homes and Housing\|Older People\|Birminghamwww.bcop.org.uk/	3
News \| BCOPwww.bcop.org.uk/about-us/news/	3
Flats and bungalows for over 60s available to rent now in Birminghamwww.bcop.org.uk/housing/housing-vacancies/	3
Events \| BCOP - Part 2www.bcop.org.uk/events/list/page/2/	3
Events \| BCOPwww.bcop.org.uk/events/	3
Supported Housing \| Birmingham \| BCOP charitywww.bcop.org.uk/housing/supported-housing/	3
Publications \| BCOPwww.bcop.org.uk/about-us/publications/	3
Nursing Care Homes Birmingham \| BCOPwww.bcop.org.uk/admissions-process/	3
Donate to support older people in BirminghamBCOPwww.bcop.org.uk/donations/	3
BCOP - Page not foundwww.bcop.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Broadening Choices for Older People

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