Our press releases | IG Group

Contact | IG Group

Download Centre | IG Group

Our brands | IG Group

Our image gallery | IG Group

What you’ll get | IG Group

Home | IG Group

Page not found | IG Group

Your perfect fit | IG Group

Regulation | 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

February 2025

January 2025

IG Group Holdings

Title / URL	Issues
Our press releases \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/newsroom/press-releases	49
Contact \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/contact-page	49
Download Centre \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/governance/download-centre	41
Our brands \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/about-us/our-brands	36
Our image gallery \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/newsroom/media-gallery	34
What you’ll get \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/careers/what-you-will-get	33
Home \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/	32
Page not found \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/invented-url-for-404-page	31
Your perfect fit \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/careers/your-perfect-fit	31
Regulation \| IG Groupwww.iggroup.com/governance/regulations	30

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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