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Bereavement | Life Events | Halifax

First Time Buyer Help | Help And Advice | Halifax

Halifax UK | Mental Health | Help Centre

Someone to manage your affairs | Help Centre | Halifax

Managing your money | Help Centre | Halifax

Everyday banking | Online Services | Halifax

Separation and Divorce | Life Events | Halifax

Support With Gambling | Help Centre | Halifax

Identify a Transaction | Help Centre | Halifax UK

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 2024

May 2024

Halifax

Title / URL	Issues
Halifax UK \| Site mapwww.halifax.co.uk/sitemap.html	100
Bereavement \| Life Events \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/life-events/bereavement.html	45
First Time Buyer Help \| Help And Advice \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/mortgages/help-and-advice/first-time-buyers.html	39
Halifax UK \| Mental Health \| Help Centrewww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/mental-health.html	35
Someone to manage your affairs \| Help Centre \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/someone-to-manage-your-affairs.html	33
Managing your money \| Help Centre \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/managingyourmoney.html	30
Everyday banking \| Online Services \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/aboutonline.html?WT.ac=eb-nav/access/hub	30
Separation and Divorce \| Life Events \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/life-events/separation-and-divorce.html	28
Support With Gambling \| Help Centre \| Halifaxwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/help-with-gambling.html	27
Identify a Transaction \| Help Centre \| Halifax UKwww.halifax.co.uk/helpcentre/identify-a-transaction.html	26

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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