Miss Su-yin Koay - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Mr Christopher Leak - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Mr Josef Huemer - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Miss Emma Jones - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Miss Swan Kang - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Mr Saab Bhermi - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Contact us - Moorfields Private

Miss Linda Ficker - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Professor Bruce Allan - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Dr Hari Jayaram - Moorfields Eye Hospital

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

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Title / URL	Issues
Miss Su-yin Koay - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/su-yin-koay	63
Mr Christopher Leak - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/christopher-leak	59
Mr Josef Huemer - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/josef-huemer	58
Miss Emma Jones - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/emma-jones	58
Miss Swan Kang - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/swan-kang	58
Mr Saab Bhermi - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/saab-bhermi	57
Contact us - Moorfields Privatewww.moorfields.nhs.uk/private/contact-us	56
Miss Linda Ficker - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/linda-ficker	55
Professor Bruce Allan - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/bruce-allan	55
Dr Hari Jayaram - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/hari-jayaram	54

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred