Contact Us – Grainger plc

Ability Plaza – Grainger plc

Ability View – Grainger plc

Site Map – Grainger plc

Argo Apartments – Grainger plc

Kimmerston House – Grainger plc

Kew Bridge Court – Grainger plc

The Rock – Grainger plc

The Forge – Grainger plc

Tribe – Grainger plc

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

June 2025

May 2025

Grainger Trust Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Contact Us – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/contact-us	51
Ability Plaza – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/ability-plaza	27
Ability View – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/ability-view	27
Site Map – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/site-services/site-map	26
Argo Apartments – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/argo-apartments?page=1	24
Kimmerston House – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/kimmerston-house	24
Kew Bridge Court – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/kew-bridge-court	23
The Rock – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/the-rock	23
The Forge – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/the-forge	23
Tribe – Grainger plcwww.graingerplc.co.uk/find-a-new-home/tribe	23

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Grainger Trust Limited

Where this issue has occurred