Our Board of Management | About Us | Dimensions

Supporting Young Adults Leaving School or College | Dimensions

Our Executive team | About Us | Dimensions

About Dimensions - who we are

About Us | Learning Disability & Autism Support Provider | Dimensions

Learning Disability and Autism Care in the South | Dimensions

About Outreach 3 Way | Dimensions

Legal information about using our website

Learning Disability & Autism Support in West England | Dimensions

Learning Disability & Autism Support in North England | Dimensions

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

February 2025

January 2025

Dimensions (UK) Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Our Board of Management \| About Us \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/board-management/	70
Supporting Young Adults Leaving School or College \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/what-we-do/transition/	68
Our Executive team \| About Us \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/executive-team/	65
About Dimensions - who we aredimensions-uk.org/about/who-we-are/	60
About Us \| Learning Disability & Autism Support Provider \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/	55
Learning Disability and Autism Care in the South \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/region/south/	52
About Outreach 3 Way \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/outreach-3-way/	50
Legal information about using our websitedimensions-uk.org/legal/	49
Learning Disability & Autism Support in West England \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/region/west/	48
Learning Disability & Autism Support in North England \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/region/north/	47

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Dimensions (UK) Limited

Where this issue has occurred