Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - News & events

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Karen Hughes

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Brian Toner

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Tomas Stankus

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Dr Rob Chesner

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Zehrin Nassa

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Egidio da Silva

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Salem Jamhour

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Culture

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Pyda Venkatesh

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

April 2025

March 2025

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Title / URL	Issues
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - News & eventsroh.nhs.uk/my-roh/news-events	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Karen Hughesroh.nhs.uk/our-team/nurse-leaders/karen-hughes	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Brian Tonerroh.nhs.uk/our-team/public-governor/brian-toner	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Tomas Stankusroh.nhs.uk/our-team/anaesthetics/tomas-stankus	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Dr Rob Chesnerroh.nhs.uk/our-team/musculoskeletal/rob-chesner	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Zehrin Nassaroh.nhs.uk/our-team/anaesthetics/zehrin-nassa	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Egidio da Silvaroh.nhs.uk/our-team/anaesthetics/egidio-da-silva	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Salem Jamhourroh.nhs.uk/our-team/anaesthetics/salem-jamhour	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Cultureroh.nhs.uk/about-us/culture	1
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Pyda Venkateshroh.nhs.uk/our-team/anaesthetics/pyda-venkatesh	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred