Cookies settings - University of Birmingham

Information for applicants - University of Birmingham

Black History Month 2024

Events - University of Birmingham

Combating food insecurity in a changing climate - University of Birmingham

Contact the University of Birmingham - University of Birmingham

Your Privacy - University of Birmingham

Services and facilities - University of Birmingham

AI FUTURES: We Need 2 Tlk

Being Human Festival: Finding Your Feet

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)

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Title / URL	Issues
Cookies settings - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/privacy/cookies-settings	100
Information for applicants - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/study/applicants	83
Black History Month 2024www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/black-history-month	49
Events - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/events	46
Combating food insecurity in a changing climate - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/combating-food-insecurity-in-a-changing-climate	43
Contact the University of Birmingham - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/contact	42
Your Privacy - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/privacy	40
Services and facilities - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/services-facilities	39
AI FUTURES: We Need 2 Tlkwww.birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-exchange/ai-futures/we-need-2-tlk	39
Being Human Festival: Finding Your Feetwww.birmingham.ac.uk/research/culture-forward/events/finding-your-feet	38

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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