Riya Patil | The Growth Hub

Innovation | The Growth Hub

John-Paul Corry (J-P) | The Growth Hub

Peter Lachecki | The Growth Hub

Carol Freeman | The Growth Hub

WORKSHOP: How to review your website and improve your SEO 18/04/2023 | The Growth Hub

Debbie Bird | The Growth Hub

Three Sixty | The Growth Hub

WORKSHOP: How to create your social media strategy 24/01/2023 | The Growth Hub

Adrian Eaglestone | The Growth Hub

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

May 2024

April 2024

The Growth Hub (Gloucestershire)

Title / URL	Issues
Riya Patil \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/10605	2
Innovation \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/innovation	2
John-Paul Corry (J-P) \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/10765	2
Peter Lachecki \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/10602	2
Carol Freeman \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/10421	2
WORKSHOP: How to review your website and improve your SEO 18/04/2023 \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/329093	2
Debbie Bird \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/10437	2
Three Sixty \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/ThreeSixty	2
WORKSHOP: How to create your social media strategy 24/01/2023 \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/329050	2
Adrian Eaglestone \| The Growth Hubwww.thegrowthhub.biz/node/10406	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

The Growth Hub (Gloucestershire)

Where this issue has occurred