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

Joint savings accounts | Online joint account | NS&I

Help | National Savings & Investments | NS&I

Email scams | NS&I

Managing your maturing investments | NS&I

Easy access savings | Savings accounts | NS&I

Ein cynillion a'n buddsoddiadau | NS&I

Historical interest rates | 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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June 2025

May 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Our saving products \| National Savings & Investments \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/products	100
	Joint savings accounts \| Online joint account \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/joint-saving-account	84
	Help \| National Savings & Investments \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/help	82
	Email scams \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/security/email-scams	78
	Managing your maturing investments \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/managing-maturities	78
	Easy access savings \| Savings accounts \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/easy-access-saving	76
	Ein cynillion a'n buddsoddiadau \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/ein-cynilion-buddsoddiadau	76
	Historical interest rates \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/historical-interest-rates	74
	Blog \| Savings news, tips & stories \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/blog/page/8	74
	Blog \| Savings news, tips & stories \| NS&Iwww.nsandi.com/blog/page/6	74

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

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Where this issue has occurred