Funding and Support Peterborough - CPCA Growth Hub

CPCA Events - CPCA Growth Hub

Meet the CPCA Growth Hub Team - CPCA Growth Hub

Business Support Service - CPCA Growth Hub

CPCA Home Page - CPCA Growth Hub

Productivity - CPCA Growth Hub

Business Grants information and how to apply.

Support ideas to Start a Business Cambridgeshire - CPCA Growth Hub

Exporting in business into new and emerging markets - CPCA Growth Hub

News - CPCA Growth Hub

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

August 2025

July 2025

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Growth Hub

Title / URL	Issues
Funding and Support Peterborough - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/funding-and-support-peterborough/	8
CPCA Events - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/cpca-event/	8
Meet the CPCA Growth Hub Team - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/meet-the-cpca-growth-hub-team/	8
Business Support Service - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/businesssupportservice/	8
CPCA Home Page - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/	8
Productivity - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/growing-your-business/productivity/	8
Business Grants information and how to apply.cpcagrowthhub.co.uk/finance-funding/grants/	8
Support ideas to Start a Business Cambridgeshire - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/starting-a-business/	8
Exporting in business into new and emerging markets - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/growing-your-business/exporting/	8
News - CPCA Growth Hubcpcagrowthhub.co.uk/category/news/	8

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Growth Hub

Where this issue has occurred