A great place to work | Buckinghamshire New University

Research and Knowledge Exchange | Buckinghamshire New University

Research Excellence Framework | Buckinghamshire New University

Working with Business | Buckinghamshire New University

About our Gym | Buckinghamshire New University

Corporate Identity | Buckinghamshire New University

Virtual tours | Buckinghamshire New University

Undergraduate prospectus | Buckinghamshire New University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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

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January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
A great place to work \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/about-us/great-place-work	43
Research and Knowledge Exchange \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/research	43
Research Excellence Framework \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/research/research-excellence-framework	32
Working with Business \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/working-business	30
About our Gym \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/life/facilities/gateway-gym/about-our-gym	29
Corporate Identity \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/about-us/corporate-identity	28
Virtual tours \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/life/campus-tours/virtual-tours	27
Undergraduate prospectus \| Buckinghamshire New Universitywww.bucks.ac.uk/study/prospectus/undergraduate	27
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.bucks.ac.uk/	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Buckinghamshire New University

Where this issue has occurred