Women's Workwear & Tailoring | Next Official Site

Women's New Arrivals | Ladies New In Fashion | Next UK

Buy Women's Newin Online | Next UK

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Next Home | Online Furniture & Homeware | Next UK

Next Official Site: Online Fashion, Kids Clothes & Homeware

Gift Ideas - For Women, Men & Kids | Next UK

Furniture | The Furniture Shop | Next UK

Designer Dresses | Designer Clothes & Bags | Next Official Site

Buy Boys Clothes | Boyswear and Clothing | Next Official Site

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

January 2025

December 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Women's Workwear & Tailoring \| Next Official Sitewww.next.co.uk/shop/gender-women-use-workwear-0	38
Women's New Arrivals \| Ladies New In Fashion \| Next UKwww.next.co.uk/shop/gender-women/feat-newin	33
Buy Women's Newin Online \| Next UKwww.next.co.uk/shop/gender-women-feat-newin	31
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.next.co.uk/	23
Next Home \| Online Furniture & Homeware \| Next UKwww.next.co.uk/homeware	3
Next Official Site: Online Fashion, Kids Clothes & Homewarewww.next.co.uk/favourites	3
Gift Ideas - For Women, Men & Kids \| Next UKwww.next.co.uk/gift-ideas	3
Furniture \| The Furniture Shop \| Next UKwww.next.co.uk/furniture	3
Designer Dresses \| Designer Clothes & Bags \| Next Official Sitewww.next.co.uk/branded	3
Buy Boys Clothes \| Boyswear and Clothing \| Next Official Sitewww.next.co.uk/boys	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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