Cookies | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Annual reports | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Terms of use | National Heritage Memorial Fund

NHMF and Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund | National Heritage Memorial Fund

A statement on the passing of Her Majesty The Queen | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Funding | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Projects | National Heritage Memorial Fund

News | National Heritage Memorial Fund

Mary Queen of Scots' silver casket saved | 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-enhanced

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April 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Cookies \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/cookies	2
Annual reports \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/about-nhmf/annualreports	2
Terms of use \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/terms-use	2
NHMF and Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/about-nhmf/LPOW	2
A statement on the passing of Her Majesty The Queen \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news/statement-passing-her-majesty-queen	2
Funding \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/funding	2
Projects \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/projects	2
News \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news?page=1	2
Mary Queen of Scots' silver casket saved \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/projects/mary-queen-scots-silver-casket-saved	2
News \| National Heritage Memorial Fundwww.nhmf.org.uk/news	2

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

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