Ampac – Halma plc

Apollo – Halma plc

FFE – Halma plc

Cosasco – Halma plc

Investors – Halma plc

Our Companies – Halma plc

BEA – Halma plc

FirePro – Halma plc

Nimbus – Halma plc

AAI – Halma 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

September 2025

August 2025

Halma

Title / URL	Issues
Ampac – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/ampac	60
Apollo – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/apollo	52
FFE – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/ffe	50
Cosasco – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/cosasco	48
Investors – Halma plcwww.halma.com/investors	48
Our Companies – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies	47
BEA – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/bea	45
FirePro – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/firepro	45
Nimbus – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/nimbus	45
AAI – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/aai	43

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Halma

Where this issue has occurred