Fundraise | Padley Group

Volunteer | Padley Group

Food-1 | Padley Group

LATEST UPDATES | Padley Group

Donate | Padley Group

What's On | Padley Group

Fundraising Tools | Padley Group

How you can help | Padley Group

Room Hire | Padley Group

Charity Shop | Padley Group

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

Padley Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Fundraise \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/fundraise	19
Volunteer \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/volunteer	17
Food-1 \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/food	15
LATEST UPDATES \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/latest-updates	15
Donate \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/donate	15
What's On \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/whats-on	14
Fundraising Tools \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/fundraising-tools	13
How you can help \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/how-you-can-help	11
Room Hire \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/room-hire	9
Charity Shop \| Padley Groupwww.padleygroup.com/charity-shop	9

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Padley Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred