Sitemap – ITV plc

Reports – ITV plc

Governance – ITV plc

ITV plc

Downloads – ITV plc

Board of Directors – ITV plc

Management team – ITV plc

News – ITV plc

Page not found – ITV plc

Results centre – ITV plc

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 2024

May 2024

ITV PLC

Title / URL	Issues
Sitemap – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/site-services/sitemap	65
Reports – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/reports	41
Governance – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/governance	40
ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/	38
Downloads – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/downloads	38
Board of Directors – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/about-itv/board-of-directors	37
Management team – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/about-itv/management-team	37
News – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/news	37
Page not found – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/invented-url-for-404-page	29
Results centre – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/investors/results-centre	28

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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