Who we are - New Outlook

Page not found - New Outlook

About New Outlook - New Outlook

Housing With Care And Support - New Outlook

Feedback - New Outlook

Care Homes - New Outlook

Current vacancies - New Outlook

How to join us - New Outlook

Enquire Now - New Outlook

Report a Repair - New Outlook

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

New Outlook Housing Association Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Who we are - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/who-we-are/	7
	Page not found - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/invented-url-for-404-page	7
	About New Outlook - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/about-new-outlook/	7
	Housing With Care And Support - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/housing-care-support/	7
	Feedback - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/feedback/	7
	Care Homes - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/care-homes/	7
	Current vacancies - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/career-opportunities/	7
	How to join us - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/who-we-are-2/	7
	Enquire Now - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/enquire-now/	7
	Report a Repair - New Outlookwww.newoutlookha.org/report-a-repair/	7

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

New Outlook Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred