Trustees and Staff Members at Taunton Heritage Trust

History & Heritage - Taunton Heritage Trust

Sheltered Accommodation, Almshouse, Flats, Housing in Taunton Deane

Overview - Taunton Heritage Trust

Privacy Policy - Taunton Heritage Trust

Race Night - Taunton Heritage Trust

Trustee Application - Taunton Heritage Trust

Complaints Policy and Procedure - Taunton Heritage Trust

Bernard Taylor Homes - Taunton Heritage Trust

Contact us for Sheltered Accommodation in the Taunton Deane area.

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

June 2025

May 2025

Taunton Heritage Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	Trustees and Staff Members at Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/team/	8
	History & Heritage - Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/history/	8
	Sheltered Accommodation, Almshouse, Flats, Housing in Taunton Deanewww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/	8
	Overview - Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/overview/	8
	Privacy Policy - Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/privacy-policy/	8
	Race Night - Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/news/race-night/	8
	Trustee Application - Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/trustee-application/	8
	Complaints Policy and Procedure - Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/complaints-policy-and-procedure/	8
	Bernard Taylor Homes - Taunton Heritage Trustwww.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/properties/bernard-taylor-homes/	8
	Contact us for Sheltered Accommodation in the Taunton Deane area.www.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/contact/	8

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Taunton Heritage Trust

Where this issue has occurred