Report a repair - Coastline Housing

Damp and mould - Coastline Housing

Extra Care housing - Coastline Housing

Water safety - Coastline Housing

Rental customers - Coastline Housing

Ways to pay - Coastline Housing

Your garden - Coastline Housing

Fire safety - Coastline Housing

Garages - Coastline Housing

Home safety - Coastline Housing

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

Coastline Housing Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Report a repair - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/repairs/report-a-repair/	38
	Damp and mould - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/repairs/damp-and-mould/	38
	Extra Care housing - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/extra-care-housing/	34
	Water safety - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/home-safety/water-safety/	29
	Rental customers - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/rental-customers/	29
	Ways to pay - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/payments/ways-to-pay/	29
	Your garden - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/repairs/your-garden/	29
	Fire safety - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/home-safety/fire-safety/	29
	Garages - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/rental-customers/garages/	29
	Home safety - Coastline Housingwww.coastlinehousing.co.uk/home-safety/	27

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Coastline Housing Limited

Where this issue has occurred