Policies | CHS Group

About Us | CHS Group

Work for us | CHS Group

Governance | CHS Group

Rent and Service Charges - Understand more - CHS Group

Meet the Team | CHS Group

Not Found - CHS Group

My tenancy | CHS Group

My Shared Ownership Home | CHS Group

Repairs in my home | CHS Group

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

The Cambridge Housing Society Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Policies \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/policies/	16
	About Us \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/about-us-2/	16
	Work for us \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/work-for-us-2/	16
	Governance \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/governance/	16
	Rent and Service Charges - Understand more - CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/chs-group-home-page/my-rent/	16
	Meet the Team \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/meet-the-team/	16
	Not Found - CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	16
	My tenancy \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/my-tenancy/	16
	My Shared Ownership Home \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/im-a-shared-owner/	16
	Repairs in my home \| CHS Groupwww.chsgroup.org.uk/repairs-maintenance/	16

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

The Cambridge Housing Society Limited

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