Magna | Magna

Apprenticeships | Magna

Shared ownership | Homes available | Magna Housing | Magna

Contact us | Magna

Littlemead, Broadmayne | Magna

Greenacre Way, Shaftesbury | Magna

Borough, Shaftesbury | Magna

Signal House, Dorchester | Magna

Bank accounts | Magna

Rexton Meadow Drive, Williton | Magna

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

Magna Housing Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Magna \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/sitemap	28
Apprenticeships \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/careers/apprenticeships	6
Shared ownership \| Homes available \| Magna Housing \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/find-a-property/shared-ownership	5
Contact us \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/contact-us	4
Littlemead, Broadmayne \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/developments/littlemead-broadmayne	4
Greenacre Way, Shaftesbury \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/developments/greenacre-way-shaftesbury	4
Borough, Shaftesbury \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/developments/borough-shaftesbury	4
Signal House, Dorchester \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/developments/signal-house-dorchester	4
Bank accounts \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/money-matters/bank-accounts-and-credit-unions	4
Rexton Meadow Drive, Williton \| Magnawww.magna.org.uk/developments/rexton-meadow-drive-williton	4

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Magna Housing Limited

Where this issue has occurred