Publications | HgT

Site map | HgT

Video library | HgT

HgT Team, investment and financial experts | HgT

Expert insights | HgT

Approach | HgT

Exposure to a portfolio of unquoted companies diversified by end market and geography | HgT

News and regulatory news | HgT

Analysts | HgT

HgCapital Trust Board, Independent Directors | HgT

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)

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June 2025

May 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Publications \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/investors/publications	85
	Site map \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/site-services/sitemap	76
	Video library \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/news-insights/video	53
	HgT Team, investment and financial experts \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/approach/our-team	51
	Expert insights \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/news-insights/insights	48
	Approach \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/approach	48
	Exposure to a portfolio of unquoted companies diversified by end market and geography \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/portfolio	48
	News and regulatory news \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/news-insights/news	47
	Analysts \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/investors/analysts	44
	HgCapital Trust Board, Independent Directors \| HgTwww.hgcapitaltrust.com/about/board	40

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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