51 Chenies Mews | UCL Maps

The Huntley | UCL Maps

1–4 Malet Place: Arts and Sciences BASc | UCL Maps

49 Gordon Square | UCL Maps

UCL Maps

Blakeney Point | UCL Maps

3 Gower Place | UCL Maps

Grant Museum of Zoology | UCL Maps

26 Gordon Square | UCL Maps

8 Hunter Street | UCL Maps

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

January 2025

December 2024

University College London

Title / URL	Issues
51 Chenies Mews \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/51-chenies-mews	1
The Huntley \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/huntley	1
1–4 Malet Place: Arts and Sciences BASc \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/1-4-malet-place	1
49 Gordon Square \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/49-gordon-square	1
UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/astor-college	1
Blakeney Point \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/blakeney-point	1
3 Gower Place \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/3-gower-place	1
Grant Museum of Zoology \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/grant-museum	1
26 Gordon Square \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/26-gordon-square	1
8 Hunter Street \| UCL Mapswww.ucl.ac.uk/maps/8-hunter-street	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

University College London

Where this issue has occurred