Nursing | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Working for us | Kettering General Hospital NHS

General Support | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Governors Podcasts | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Celebrating Colleagues Long Service | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Volunteering | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Celebrating our colleagues | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Pharmacy | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Energy Centre | Kettering General Hospital NHS

Getting involved | Kettering General Hospital NHS

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-enhanced

July 2025

June 2025

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	Nursing \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/nursing	10
	Working for us \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/working-for-us	10
	General Support \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/general-help-	10
	Governors Podcasts \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/governors-podcasts	10
	Celebrating Colleagues Long Service \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/other-awards	10
	Volunteering \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/volunteer	10
	Celebrating our colleagues \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/staff-recognition	10
	Pharmacy \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/pharmacy	10
	Energy Centre \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/energy-centre	10
	Getting involved \| Kettering General Hospital NHSwww.kgh.nhs.uk/getting-involved	10

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred