Dan Ballard - Sunderland AFC

Niall Huggins - Sunderland AFC

Sunderland AFC

Jobe Bellingham - Sunderland AFC

Terms - Sunderland AFC

Dennis Cirkin - Sunderland AFC

Luke O'Nien - Sunderland AFC

Aji Alese - Sunderland AFC

Simon Moore - Sunderland AFC

Fixtures - Men - Sunderland AFC

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

July 2025

June 2025

Sunderland FC

	Title / URL	Issues
	Dan Ballard - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/teams/men/danballard	1
	Niall Huggins - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/teams/men/niallhuggins	1
	Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/	1
	Jobe Bellingham - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/teams/men/jobebellingham	1
	Terms - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/terms	1
	Dennis Cirkin - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/teams/men/denniscirkin	1
	Luke O'Nien - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/teams/men/luketerryonien	1
	Aji Alese - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/teams/men/ajibolaalese	1
	Simon Moore - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/teams/men/simonmoore	1
	Fixtures - Men - Sunderland AFCwww.safc.com/matches	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Sunderland FC

Where this issue has occurred