Fans | Southend United Football Club

History and Honours | Southend United Football Club

Hospitality | Southend United Football Club

Ladies | Southend United Football Club

Junior Blues | Southend United Football Club

Tickets | Southend United Football Club

Roots Hall | Southend United Football Club

Southend United FC | Southend United Football Club

Blues Lottery | Southend United Football Club

News | Southend United Football Club

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

Southend United FC

Title / URL	Issues
Fans \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/fans/	11
History and Honours \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/club/history/	11
Hospitality \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/matchdayhospitality/	10
Ladies \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/club/ladies/	10
Junior Blues \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/fans/junior-blues/	10
Tickets \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/tickets/	10
Roots Hall \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/club/rootshall/	10
Southend United FC \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	10
Blues Lottery \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/fans/blues-lottery/	10
News \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/news/	10

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Southend United FC

Where this issue has occurred