Applied Criminology - Canterbury Christ Church University

Adult Nursing - Canterbury Christ Church University

Accounting and Finance - Canterbury Christ Church University

Animal Science with Foundation Year - Canterbury Christ Church University

Animal Science - Canterbury Christ Church University

Applied Criminology (Policing) - Canterbury Christ Church University

Accounting with Foundation Year - Canterbury Christ Church University

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 2025

May 2025

Canterbury Christ Church University

Title / URL	Issues
Applied Criminology - Canterbury Christ Church Universitywww.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/applied-criminology	69
Adult Nursing - Canterbury Christ Church Universitywww.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/adult-nursing	60
Accounting and Finance - Canterbury Christ Church Universitywww.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/accounting-and-finance	59
Animal Science with Foundation Year - Canterbury Christ Church Universitywww.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/animal-science-with-foundation-year	59
Animal Science - Canterbury Christ Church Universitywww.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/animal-science	58
Applied Criminology (Policing) - Canterbury Christ Church Universitywww.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/applied-criminology-policing	56
Accounting with Foundation Year - Canterbury Christ Church Universitywww.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/accounting-with-foundation-year	56

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Canterbury Christ Church University

Where this issue has occurred