Sitemap – NEXT plc

Fosse Park West – NEXT plc

Branding – NEXT plc

Women – NEXT plc

Corporate Governance – NEXT plc

Our Board – NEXT plc

Watford – NEXT plc

Information for Students – NEXT plc

Corporate Responsibility – NEXT plc

Financial Calendar – NEXT plc

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

September 2025

August 2025

Next PLC

Title / URL	Issues
Sitemap – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/site-services/sitemap	67
Fosse Park West – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/media/image-gallery/stores/fossepark	43
Branding – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/media/image-gallery/branding	42
Women – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/media/image-gallery/campaign-images/women	40
Corporate Governance – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/about-next/corporate-governance	40
Our Board – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/about-next/our-board	40
Watford – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/media/image-gallery/stores/watford	40
Information for Students – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/contact-us/information-for-students	40
Corporate Responsibility – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/corporate-responsibility	39
Financial Calendar – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/investors/financial-calendar	37

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

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