Independent healthcare services: information for providers - Care Quality Commission

Our partnerships with other organisations - Care Quality Commission

Accessibility statement for cqc.org.uk - Care Quality Commission

CQC staff data - Care Quality Commission

Using CQC data - Care Quality Commission

Find a dentist - Care Quality Commission

Find homecare agencies - Care Quality Commission

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)

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May 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Independent healthcare services: information for providers - Care Quality Commissionwww.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/independent-healthcare-services	8
Our partnerships with other organisations - Care Quality Commissionwww.cqc.org.uk/about-us/our-partnerships	8
Accessibility statement for cqc.org.uk - Care Quality Commissionwww.cqc.org.uk/about-us/our-policies/accessibility-statement	8
CQC staff data - Care Quality Commissionwww.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/cqc-staff-data	8
Using CQC data - Care Quality Commissionwww.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data	8
Find a dentist - Care Quality Commissionwww.cqc.org.uk/care-services/find-dentist	8
Find homecare agencies - Care Quality Commissionwww.cqc.org.uk/care-services/find-homecare-agencies	8
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.cqc.org.uk/	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred