Skyrunners take sport to extreme new heights

Majority thinks Charles will be a good king

Coronation quiche? It’s a banal tart, say French

Drug-taking Prince Harry’s US visa questioned

France strikes: May Day riots over Macron’s pension reform

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)

Title / URL	Issues
Skyrunners take sport to extreme new heightswww.thetimes.co.uk/article/skyrunners-take-sport-to-extreme-new-heights-pjl0kl676	24
Majority thinks Charles will be a good kingwww.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-public-king-charles-p20j5nzwj	24
Coronation quiche? It’s a banal tart, say Frenchwww.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronation-quiche-dish-recipe-french-tart-7mz3jn5hz	24
Drug-taking Prince Harry’s US visa questionedwww.thetimes.co.uk/article/drug-taking-prince-harrys-us-visa-questioned-2mjg7wz9h	24
France strikes: May Day riots over Macron’s pension reformwww.thetimes.co.uk/article/seo-france-strikes-as-kicker-also-pension-fz3w3vf59	24

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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