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Living Progress | HPE

Contact Us – Hewlett Packard Enterprise – HPE - Contact Sales and Support | HPE

Data Solutions to Transform Data into Intelligence | HPE

Cloud Solutions—Redefine your hybrid cloud strategy | HPE

HPE Private Cloud AI | HPE

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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

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

	Title / URL	Issues
	Privacy \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/legal/privacy.html	38
	Living Progress \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/living-progress.html	36
	Contact Us – Hewlett Packard Enterprise – HPE - Contact Sales and Support \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/contact-hpe.html	31
	Data Solutions to Transform Data into Intelligence \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/data.html	31
	Cloud Solutions—Redefine your hybrid cloud strategy \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/cloud.html	31
	HPE Private Cloud AI \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/private-cloud-ai.html	30
	Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)www.hpe.com/us/en/home.html	30
	HPE GreenLake cloud \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/greenlake.html	30
	Enterprise Storage Solutions \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/storage.html	29
	Secure your data with HPE GreenLake \| HPEwww.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/security.html	29

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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