My SBS Pay | Employment Services | NHS SBS

News and Opinion | NHS SBS

Health Framework Agreements | NHS SBS

Events & Webinars Archive - NHS SBS

Employment Services | NHS SBS

Workforce Consultancy & ESR Self-Service | Employment Services | NHS SBS

Pension Services | Employment Services | NHS SBS

Electronic Staff Records | Employment Services | NHS SBS

Digital Innovation Services | NHS SBS

Procurement Act | Procurement Services | NHS SBS

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 2024

May 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
My SBS Pay \| Employment Services \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/employment-services/mysbspay/	3
News and Opinion \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/news/	2
Health Framework Agreements \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/framework-agreements-categories/health/	2
Events & Webinars Archive - NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/events-webinars/	2
Employment Services \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/employment-services/	2
Workforce Consultancy & ESR Self-Service \| Employment Services \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/employment-services/workforce-consultancy-esr-self-service/	1
Pension Services \| Employment Services \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/employment-services/pensions/	1
Electronic Staff Records \| Employment Services \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/employment-services/electronic-staff-records/	1
Digital Innovation Services \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/digital-innovation-services/	1
Procurement Act \| Procurement Services \| NHS SBSwww.sbs.nhs.uk/services/procurement-services/information/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred