Our night at the Great British Care Awards 2019! | Quo Vadis Trust

Awards Archives | Quo Vadis Trust

Care Homes | Quo Vadis Trust

General Archives | Quo Vadis Trust

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Quo Vadis Trust! | Quo Vadis Trust

News | Page 2 of 12 | Quo Vadis Trust

Page not found | Quo Vadis Trust

Meet Our Trustees.... Anastasia Baliakou | Quo Vadis Trust

Volunteers Week 1st June 2022 | Quo Vadis Trust

News | Page 5 of 12 | Quo Vadis Trust

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
Our night at the Great British Care Awards 2019! \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/179-our-night-at-the-great-british-care-awards-2019/	7
Awards Archives \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/category/awards/	7
Care Homes \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/care-homes/	7
General Archives \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/category/general/	7
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Quo Vadis Trust! \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year-from-quo-vadis-trust/	7
News \| Page 2 of 12 \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/news/page/2/	7
Page not found \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	7
Meet Our Trustees.... Anastasia Baliakou \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/meet-our-trustees-anastasia-baliakou/	7
Volunteers Week 1st June 2022 \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/volunteers-week-1st-june-2022/	7
News \| Page 5 of 12 \| Quo Vadis Trustqvt.org.uk/news/page/5/	7

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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