Eye conditions - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Our services - Moorfields Private

Miss Emma Jones - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Professor James Bainbridge - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Mr Alexander Ionides - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Associate Professor Alex Day - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Mr Mohammad Dehabadi - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Professor Pearse Keane - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Miss Joanne Hancox - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Robin D Hamilton - 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

July 2025

June 2025

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	Eye conditions - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/eye-conditions	93
	Our services - Moorfields Privatewww.moorfields.nhs.uk/private/our-services	74
	Miss Emma Jones - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/emma-jones	58
	Professor James Bainbridge - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/james-bainbridge	56
	Mr Alexander Ionides - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/alexander-ionides	55
	Associate Professor Alex Day - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/alex-day	55
	Mr Mohammad Dehabadi - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/mohammad-dehabadi	55
	Professor Pearse Keane - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/pearse-keane	55
	Miss Joanne Hancox - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/joanne-hancox	55
	Robin D Hamilton - Moorfields Eye Hospitalwww.moorfields.nhs.uk/consultants/robin-d-hamilton	55

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred