Reporting a repair - Great Places

Our reports - Great Places

Buying my home - Great Places

Customer Committee - Great Places

Performance Information for Customers - Great Places

Support Services - Great Places

Get Involved - Great Places

Rent - Great Places

Customers - Great Places

Home - Great Places

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

Great Places Housing Association

Title / URL	Issues
Reporting a repair - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/customers/reporting-a-repair/	8
Our reports - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/about-us/our-reports/	8
Buying my home - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/customers/buying-my-home/	8
Customer Committee - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/about-us/customer-committee/	8
Performance Information for Customers - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/customers/customer-performance/	8
Support Services - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/support-services/	8
Get Involved - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/customers/get-involved/	8
Rent - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/customers/rent/	8
Customers - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/customers/	8
Home - Great Placeswww.greatplaces.org.uk/	8

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Great Places Housing Association

Where this issue has occurred