Our policies - Raven Housing Trust

Homes we're building - Raven Housing Trust

Working with us - Raven Housing Trust

Our people - Raven Housing Trust

Who we are - Raven Housing Trust

Our three year plan - Raven Housing Trust

Ways to contact us - Raven Housing Trust

Governance - Raven Housing Trust

Making a complaint - Raven Housing Trust

Raven Times - Raven Housing 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

August 2025

July 2025

Raven Housing Trust Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Our policies - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/our-policies/	8
Homes we're building - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/about-us/homes-we-are-building/	7
Working with us - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/about-us/working-with-us/	7
Our people - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/about-us/our-people/	7
Who we are - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/	7
Our three year plan - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/about-us/our-three-year-plan/	7
Ways to contact us - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/contact-us/ways-to-contact-us/	7
Governance - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/about-us/governance/	7
Making a complaint - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/contact-us/making-a-complaint/	6
Raven Times - Raven Housing Trustwww.ravenht.org.uk/news-and-events/raven-times/	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Raven Housing Trust Limited

Where this issue has occurred