Children's Services | CareTech

Children’s Residential | CareTech

Fostering | CareTech

Contacts | CareTech

Press Releases | CareTech

ESG and Corporate Responsibility | CareTech

ACAD | CareTech

By the Bridge | CareTech

FSG | CareTech

TLC Wales | 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

July 2025

June 2025

Caretech Holdings Plc

Title / URL	Issues
Children's Services \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services	62
Children’s Residential \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/childrens-residential	51
Fostering \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/fostering	40
Contacts \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/contacts	38
Press Releases \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/news/press-releases	35
ESG and Corporate Responsibility \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/about-us/esg-and-corporate-responsibility	34
ACAD \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/childrens-residential/acad	34
By the Bridge \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/fostering/by-the-bridge	34
FSG \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/fostering/fsg	34
TLC Wales \| CareTechwww.caretech-uk.com/our-services/childrens-services/fostering/tlc-wales	34

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Caretech Holdings Plc

Where this issue has occurred