News | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Dr Claire Feehily | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Julian Glover OBE | National Heritage Memorial Fund

NHMF team members celebrate 40 years | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Cookies | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Pair of Charles II silver andirons saved for the nation | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Carol Pyrah | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Mukesh Sharma MBE DL | National Heritage Memorial Fund

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

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Title / URL	Issues
News \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news?page=4	3
News \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news?page=13	2
Dr Claire Feehily \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/about-nhmf/our-people/dr-claire-feehily	2
Julian Glover OBE \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/julian-glover-obe	2
NHMF team members celebrate 40 years \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news/nhmf-team-members-celebrate-40-years	2
Cookies \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/cookies	2
Pair of Charles II silver andirons saved for the nation \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news/pair-charles-ii-silver-andirons-saved-nation	2
Carol Pyrah \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/carol-pyrah	2
Mukesh Sharma MBE DL \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/mukesh-sharma-mbe-dl	2
News \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news?page=14	2

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

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