Our Board of Management | About Us | Dimensions

Our Executive team | About Us | Dimensions

Moving into your own home | Dimensions

Local contacts - Dimensions

Where we work - Dimensions

Daily support for daily living | Dimensions

About Dimensions - who we are

Complex Support Needs | Dimensions

Involved with Criminal Justice | Dimensions

About Us | Learning Disability & Autism Support Provider | 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

August 2025

July 2025

Dimensions (UK) Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Our Board of Management \| About Us \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/board-management/	96
Our Executive team \| About Us \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/executive-team/	68
Moving into your own home \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/what-we-do/transition/	67
Local contacts - Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/contact/local-contacts/	66
Where we work - Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/where-we-work/	65
Daily support for daily living \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/what-we-do/daily-support/	63
About Dimensions - who we aredimensions-uk.org/about/who-we-are/	61
Complex Support Needs \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/what-we-do/complex-needs/	59
Involved with Criminal Justice \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/what-we-do/forensic-support/	58
About Us \| Learning Disability & Autism Support Provider \| Dimensionsdimensions-uk.org/about/	56

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Dimensions (UK) Limited

Where this issue has occurred