Our Companies – Halma plc

Investors – Halma plc

How we grow – Halma plc

News – Halma plc

Who we are – Halma plc

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Sustainability – Halma plc

Cosasco – Halma plc

BEA – Halma plc

Ampac – 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

June 2024

May 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Our Companies – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies	100
Investors – Halma plcwww.halma.com/investors	60
How we grow – Halma plcwww.halma.com/how-we-grow	53
News – Halma plcwww.halma.com/news	48
Who we are – Halma plcwww.halma.com/who-we-are	47
Halma plcwww.halma.com/	46
Sustainability – Halma plcwww.halma.com/sustainability	45
Cosasco – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/cosasco	42
BEA – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/bea	41
Ampac – Halma plcwww.halma.com/our-companies/ampac	41

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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