Media enquries - NHS North East London

Newham news - NHS North East London

Dentists - NHS North East London

Choosing where to have your treatment - NHS North East London

Fertility - NHS North East London

About us - NHS North East London

Mental health - NHS North East London

Menopause - NHS North East London

Events for April 2025 – NHS North East London

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

NHS North East London ICB

	Title / URL	Issues
	Media enquries - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/contact-us/media-enquiries/	11
	Newham news - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/your-area/newham/newham-news/	11
	Dentists - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/health-services/dentists/	10
	Choosing where to have your treatment - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/health-services/service-updates/	10
	Fertility - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/health-advice/womens-health/fertility/	9
	About us - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/	8
	Mental health - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/health-advice/mental-health/	8
	Menopause - NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/health-advice/womens-health/menopause/	8
	Events for April 2025 – NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/events/month/2025-04/	7
	Events for April 2025 – NHS North East Londonnortheastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/events/month/	7

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

NHS North East London ICB

Where this issue has occurred