Business events | Growth Hub

News - new - SEMLEP Growth Hub

CONTACT US - SEMLEP Growth Hub

SITEMAP - SEMLEP Growth Hub

Growing Innovation Fund | Grants & Funding | Growth Hub

Our purpose | Growth Hub

COVID-19: One year on - SEMLEP Growth Hub

Success Stories - SEMLEP Growth Hub

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 2024

May 2024

South East Midlands LEP Growth Hub

Title / URL	Issues
Business events \| Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/events/?cat=367	8
News - new - SEMLEP Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/news/page/2/	8
CONTACT US - SEMLEP Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/contact-us/	8
SITEMAP - SEMLEP Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/sitemap/	8
Growing Innovation Fund \| Grants & Funding \| Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/growinginnovationfund/	8
Our purpose \| Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/about-us/	8
News - new - SEMLEP Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/news/page/51/	8
COVID-19: One year on - SEMLEP Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/covid-19-one-year-on/	8
Business events \| Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/events/?cat=358	8
Success Stories - SEMLEP Growth Hubwww.semlepgrowthhub.com/success-stories/	8

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

South East Midlands LEP Growth Hub

Where this issue has occurred