Sitemap – NEXT plc

Corporate Governance – NEXT plc

Information for Students – NEXT plc

Corporate Responsibility – NEXT plc

Investors – NEXT plc

Financial Calendar – NEXT plc

Contact Us – NEXT plc

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Media Contacts – NEXT plc

Shareholder Information – NEXT plc

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)

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September 2025

August 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Sitemap – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/site-services/sitemap	66
Corporate Governance – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/about-next/corporate-governance	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
Investors – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/investors	37
Financial Calendar – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/investors/financial-calendar	37
Contact Us – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/contact-us	35
NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/	35
Media Contacts – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/media/media-contacts	34
Shareholder Information – NEXT plcwww.nextplc.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information	33

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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