Football: Expert analysis, fixtures, results & team news - The Telegraph

Opinion - The Telegraph's columnists inform and entertain with their analysis and commentary on a wide range of topics. - The Telegraph

Travel: Holidays, news, inspiration & expert advice - The Telegraph

Sport - The Telegraph

Business: News, comments & analysis - The Telegraph

UK news: Latest stories & updates - The Telegraph

Health: News, updates & features - The Telegraph

News: Breaking stories & updates - The Telegraph

Golf: News, tournament live reports, scores & more - The Telegraph

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Football: Expert analysis, fixtures, results & team news - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/football/	6
Opinion - The Telegraph's columnists inform and entertain with their analysis and commentary on a wide range of topics. - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/	6
Travel: Holidays, news, inspiration & expert advice - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/travel/	4
Sport - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/sport/	3
Business: News, comments & analysis - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/business/	3
UK news: Latest stories & updates - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/news/uk/	3
Health: News, updates & features - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/health/	2
News: Breaking stories & updates - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/news/	2
Golf: News, tournament live reports, scores & more - The Telegraphwww.telegraph.co.uk/golf/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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