Webinars

News

Survivor Stories – Safer Places

Our Impact – Safer Places

Sitemap – Safer Places

Support Us – Safer Places

Not Found

How to Stay Safe Online – Safer Places

Accessibility – Safer Places

Training – Safer Places

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

May 2025

April 2025

Safer Places

Title / URL	Issues
Webinarswww.saferplaces.co.uk/training/webinars	8
Newswww.saferplaces.co.uk/news	8
Survivor Stories – Safer Placeswww.saferplaces.co.uk/survivor-stories	8
Our Impact – Safer Placeswww.saferplaces.co.uk/impact	8
Sitemap – Safer Placeswww.saferplaces.co.uk/sitemap	8
Support Us – Safer Placeswww.saferplaces.co.uk/support	8
Not Foundwww.saferplaces.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	8
How to Stay Safe Online – Safer Placeswww.saferplaces.co.uk/resources/online-safety	8
Accessibility – Safer Placeswww.saferplaces.co.uk/accessibility	8
Training – Safer Placeswww.saferplaces.co.uk/training	8

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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