Our press releases | IG Group

Who to contact | IG Group

Contact | IG Group

Download Centre | IG Group

Our image gallery | IG Group

Our brands | IG Group

What you’ll get | IG Group

Home | IG Group

Your perfect fit | IG Group

Page not found | IG Group

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

IG Group Holdings

	Title / URL	Issues
	Our press releases \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/newsroom/press-releases	49
	Who to contact \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/newsroom/who-to-contact	47
	Contact \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/contact-page	46
	Download Centre \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/governance/download-centre	41
	Our image gallery \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/newsroom/media-gallery	34
	Our brands \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/about-us/our-brands	34
	What you’ll get \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/careers/what-you-will-get	32
	Home \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/	32
	Your perfect fit \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/careers/your-perfect-fit	31
	Page not found \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/invented-url-for-404-page	31

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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