Children's Services | CareTech

Children’s Residential | CareTech

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Fostering | CareTech

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Contacts | CareTech

ACAD | CareTech

By the Bridge | CareTech

Pathways Magazine | CareTech

404 | CareTech

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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March 2025

February 2025

Caretech Holdings Plc

Title / URL	Issues
Children's Services \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services	67
Children’s Residential \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/childrens-residential	56
Press Releases \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/news/press-releases	45
Fostering \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/fostering	45
ESG and Corporate Responsibility \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/about-us/esg-and-corporate-responsibility	43
Contacts \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/contacts	42
ACAD \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/childrens-residential/acad	39
By the Bridge \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/fostering/by-the-bridge	39
Pathways Magazine \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/news/pathways-magazine	38
404 \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/404	38

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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