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Home Group | Your tenancy

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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Home Group \| Careerswww.homegroup.org.uk/about-us/working-with-us/careers	42
	Home Group \| Home Group Scotlandwww.homegroup.org.uk/about-us/corporate/home-group-scotland	41
	Home Group \| Factoringwww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/homeowners/factoring	38
	Home Group \| Blogwww.homegroup.org.uk/blog	38
	Home Group \| Homeownerswww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/homeowners	36
	Home Group \| Homes to rentwww.homegroup.org.uk/homes-to-rent	36
	Home Group \| EWS1 formwww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/homeowners/ews1-form	34
	Home Group \| Welcome to Home Groupwww.homegroup.org.uk/	31
	Home Group \| Renterswww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/renters	29
	Home Group \| Your tenancywww.homegroup.org.uk/manage-my-home/renters/your-tenancy	29

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