Homepage | Moat

Equity loan | Moat

Damp and mould advice | Moat

Insuring your home | Moat

Your home | Moat

Repairs and improvements | Moat

Sharing your voice | Moat

Shared owner | Moat

Leaseholder | Moat

Managing your tenancy | Moat

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

Moat Homes Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Homepage \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/	21
Equity loan \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/im-a-homeowner/equity-loan	20
Damp and mould advice \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/home-safety/damp-and-mould-advice	20
Insuring your home \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/home-safety/insuring-your-home	17
Your home \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home	17
Repairs and improvements \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/repairs-and-improvements	16
Sharing your voice \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/sharing-your-voice	15
Shared owner \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/im-a-homeowner/shared-owner	15
Leaseholder \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/im-a-homeowner/leaseholder	14
Managing your tenancy \| Moatwww.moat.co.uk/your-home/managing-your-tenancy	14

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred