The countdown is over!

Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2019

QinetiQ in Canada and Target Systems Showcase Latest Products at CANSEC

Bringing to life the value of SMEs

Next Generation Test and Evaluation

Is penetration testing dead?

Podcast: Engaging with SMEs

Secure data, insecure future

The Malvern radar heroes who secretly turned the course of the Second World War

Year of Engineering

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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Title / URL	Issues
The countdown is over!www.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/qinetiq-advent-calendar-2018	42
Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2019www.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/tomorrows-engineers-week-2019	34
QinetiQ in Canada and Target Systems Showcase Latest Products at CANSECwww.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/qinetiq-at-cansec	34
Bringing to life the value of SMEswww.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/bringing-to-life-the-value-of-smes	33
Next Generation Test and Evaluationwww.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/next-generation-test-and-evaluation	33
Is penetration testing dead?www.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/penetration-testing-is-dead	32
Podcast: Engaging with SMEswww.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/sme-podcast	31
Secure data, insecure futurewww.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/secure-data-insecure-future	31
The Malvern radar heroes who secretly turned the course of the Second World Warwww.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/the-malvern-radar-heroes	31
Year of Engineeringwww.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/year-of-engineering	31

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