Get Involved - Hexagon Housing Association

Staff Benefits - Hexagon Housing Association

Publications - Hexagon Housing Association

Job Listing - Hexagon Housing Association

FAQs - Hexagon Housing Association

Latest News - Hexagon Housing Association

Our Properties - Hexagon Housing Association

Careers - Hexagon Housing Association

Residents - Hexagon Housing Association

Working at Hexagon - Hexagon Housing Association

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 2025

May 2025

Hexagon Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Get Involved - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/residents/get-involved/	15
Staff Benefits - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/careers/benefits/	10
Publications - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/news2/publications/	10
Job Listing - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/careers/jobs/	10
FAQs - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/careers/faqs/	10
Latest News - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/news2/latest-news/	10
Our Properties - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/our-properties-2/	10
Careers - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/careers/	10
Residents - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/residents/	10
Working at Hexagon - Hexagon Housing Associationhexagon.org.uk/careers/working-at-hexagon/	10

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Hexagon Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred