Sitemap – ITV plc

ITV plc

Reports – ITV plc

Governance – ITV plc

Board of Directors – ITV plc

News – ITV plc

Social Purpose – ITV plc

Climate Action – ITV plc

Results centre – ITV plc

Page not found – 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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September 2025

August 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Sitemap – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/site-services/sitemap	69
ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/	46
Reports – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/reports	46
Governance – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/governance	40
Board of Directors – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/about-itv/board-of-directors	39
News – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/news	39
Social Purpose – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose	32
Climate Action – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/social-purpose/climate-action	32
Results centre – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/investors/results-centre	32
Page not found – ITV plcwww.itvplc.com/invented-url-for-404-page	31

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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