Home Group | Careers

Home Group | Blog

Home Group | Welcome to Home Group

Home Group | Your tenancy

Home Group | Homeowners

Home Group | Homes to rent

Home Group | Care and clinical support

Home Group | Transparency

Home Group | Renters

Home Group | Corporate

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

Home Group Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Home Group \| Careerswww.homegroup.org.uk/about-us/working-with-us/careers	40
Home Group \| Blogwww.homegroup.org.uk/blog	33
Home Group \| Welcome to Home Groupwww.homegroup.org.uk/	30
Home Group \| Your tenancywww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/renters/your-tenancy	29
Home Group \| Homeownerswww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/homeowners	27
Home Group \| Homes to rentwww.homegroup.org.uk/homes-to-rent	26
Home Group \| Care and clinical supportwww.homegroup.org.uk/care-and-clinical-support	26
Home Group \| Transparencywww.homegroup.org.uk/about-us/corporate/transparency	23
Home Group \| Renterswww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/renters	23
Home Group \| Corporatewww.homegroup.org.uk/about-us/corporate	23

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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