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Lancashire Teaching Hospital | Constitution

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

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Dementiawww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/dementia	39
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Trust Matterswww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/trust-matters	38
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Our Strategieswww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/our-strategies	34
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Research Themeswww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/research-themes	30
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Governancewww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/governance	28
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Contact uswww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/contact-us	25
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Aboutwww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/about	25
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Homewww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/	24
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Accessibilitywww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/accessibility	24
	Lancashire Teaching Hospital \| Constitutionwww.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/constitution	23

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred