Site Map | Magenta Living

Magenta Living's ExecutiveLeadership Team | Magenta Living

Anti-social behaviour and Magenta Living housing association | Magenta Living

Information for Magenta Living Leaseholders, including the Leaseholder News Letter, Spotlight. | Magenta Living

How to apply for a home with Magenta Living housing association | Magenta Living

Rent garage space from affordable housing specialists Magenta Living | Magenta Living

Rent to Buy | Magenta Living

Report a repair in Wirral - Magenta Living housing association | Magenta Living

News | Magenta Living

Magenta Living's Board and Leadership Team | Magenta Living

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

May 2025

April 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Site Map \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/sitemap	5
Magenta Living's ExecutiveLeadership Team \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/elt	2
Anti-social behaviour and Magenta Living housing association \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/asb	2
Information for Magenta Living Leaseholders, including the Leaseholder News Letter, Spotlight. \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/leaseholders	1
How to apply for a home with Magenta Living housing association \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/apply	1
Rent garage space from affordable housing specialists Magenta Living \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/garages	1
Rent to Buy \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/rent-to-buy	1
Report a repair in Wirral - Magenta Living housing association \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/repairs	1
News \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/news	1
Magenta Living's Board and Leadership Team \| Magenta Livingwww.magentaliving.org.uk/our-board	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Magenta Living

Where this issue has occurred