yorkshire water | Open Water

Business Stream | Open Water

open water | your water, your choice | how to swich water supplier

south staffs water | Open Water

open water | your water, your choice | eligibility guide

leep water networks ltd | Open Water

accessibility

open water | your water, your choice | for business customers

south west water | Open Water

Copyright

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

May 2025

April 2025

Open Water market

Title / URL	Issues
yorkshire water \| Open Waterwww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/self-supply/yorkshire-water/	7
Business Stream \| Open Waterwww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/find-a-retailer/suppliers/business-stream/	7
open water \| your water, your choice \| how to swich water supplierwww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/how-to-switch/	7
south staffs water \| Open Waterwww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/self-supply/south-staffs-water/	7
open water \| your water, your choice \| eligibility guidewww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/eligibility-guide/	7
leep water networks ltd \| Open Waterwww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/self-supply/leep-water-networks-ltd/	7
accessibilitywww.open-water.org.uk/accessibility/	7
open water \| your water, your choice \| for business customerswww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/	7
south west water \| Open Waterwww.open-water.org.uk/for-customers/self-supply/south-west-water/	7
Copyrightwww.open-water.org.uk/copyright/	7

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Open Water market

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