Discover Your Career - Places for People

Professional Training & Apprenticeship Providers - PFP Thrive

We are Places for People, the UK's leading social enterprise - Places for People

Our business - Places for People

Publications - Places for People

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Places for People Careers - Places for People

Our companies - Places for People

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)

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June 2025

May 2025

Places for People Group Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Discover Your Career - Places for Peoplewww.placesforpeople.co.uk/about-us/careers/discover-your-career/	4
	Professional Training & Apprenticeship Providers - PFP Thrivewww.placesforpeople.co.uk/pfp-thrive/	2
	We are Places for People, the UK's leading social enterprise - Places for Peoplewww.placesforpeople.co.uk/	2
	Our business - Places for Peoplewww.placesforpeople.co.uk/investors-business/our-business/	1
	Publications - Places for Peoplewww.placesforpeople.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are/publications/	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.placesforpeople.co.uk/	1
	Places for People Careers - Places for Peoplewww.placesforpeople.co.uk/about-us/careers/	1
	Our companies - Places for Peoplewww.placesforpeople.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-companies/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Places for People Group Limited

Where this issue has occurred