News & Events | Ongo Homes

Homes in North Lincolnshire - Homepage | Ongo Homes

Smart homes | Ongo Homes

Manage your home | Ongo Homes

Homes Lease - Find a Home with Ongo | Ongo Homes

Complaints | Ongo Homes

Environmental | Ongo Homes

Our mission | Ongo Homes

Corporate documents | Ongo Homes

Financial support | Ongo Homes

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

Ongo Homes Limited

Title / URL	Issues
News & Events \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/about-ongo/news-events/	1
Homes in North Lincolnshire - Homepage \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/	1
Smart homes \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/manage-your-home/smart-homes/	1
Manage your home \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/manage-your-home/	1
Homes Lease - Find a Home with Ongo \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/find-a-home-with-ongo/	1
Complaints \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/contact-us/complaints/	1
Environmental \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/about-ongo/environmental/	1
Our mission \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/about-ongo/our-mission/	1
Corporate documents \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/about-ongo/corporate-documents/	1
Financial support \| Ongo Homeswww.ongo.co.uk/supporting-you/financial-support/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Ongo Homes Limited

Where this issue has occurred