Our saving products | National Savings & Investments | NS&I

Privacy notice | NS&I

Joint savings accounts | Online joint account | NS&I

What do the new ISA changes mean for you? | NS&I

Help | National Savings & Investments | NS&I

Managing your maturing investments | NS&I

Email scams | NS&I

Blog | Savings news, tips & stories | NS&I

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)

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May 2025

April 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Our saving products \| National Savings & Investments \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/products	100
Privacy notice \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/privacy-notice	100
Joint savings accounts \| Online joint account \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/joint-saving-account	84
What do the new ISA changes mean for you? \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/isa-changes	83
Help \| National Savings & Investments \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/help	82
Managing your maturing investments \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/managing-maturities	80
Email scams \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/security/email-scams	78
Blog \| Savings news, tips & stories \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/blog/page/5	76
Blog \| Savings news, tips & stories \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/blog/page/2	76
Blog \| Savings news, tips & stories \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/blog/page/6	76

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

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Where this issue has occurred