Press releases

Our stories | Sovereign Housing

Investors | Sovereign Housing

Support with the cost of living | Sovereign Housing

Blog | Sovereign Housing

How to apply | Sovereign Housing

Contact Us | Sovereign Housing Association

Meet our Board | Sovereign Housing

Supported housing and homeless services | Sovereign Housing

Publications | Sovereign Housing

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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December 2024

November 2024

Sovereign Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Press releaseswww.sovereign.org.uk/press-release	100
Our stories \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/our-stories	65
Investors \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/investors	51
Support with the cost of living \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/cost-of-living-support	40
Blog \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/blog	39
How to apply \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/careers/how-to-apply	37
Contact Us \| Sovereign Housing Associationwww.sovereign.org.uk/contact-us	35
Meet our Board \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/about-us/our-board	34
Supported housing and homeless services \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/looking-for-a-home/supported-housing	32
Publications \| Sovereign Housingwww.sovereign.org.uk/about-us/publications	32

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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