Facility search - University of Birmingham

Keep in touch - University of Birmingham

Sukhi Smith - Institute for Global Innovation - University of Birmingham

Discover Birmingham - University of Birmingham

Accessibility Statement for birmingham.ac.uk - University of Birmingham

UoB Elevate Programme - University of Birmingham

The Exchange Place of Welcome - University of Birmingham

About The Exchange - University of Birmingham

What's On at The Exchange - University of Birmingham

Health & medicine - University of Birmingham

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

August 2024

July 2024

University of Birmingham

Title / URL	Issues
Facility search - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/index.aspx	38
Keep in touch - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/keep-in-touch/index.aspx	29
Sukhi Smith - Institute for Global Innovation - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/jobs/sukhi-smith	27
Discover Birmingham - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/university/index.aspx	25
Accessibility Statement for birmingham.ac.uk - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/accessibility/index.aspx	25
UoB Elevate Programme - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/the-exchange/about/uob-elevate	24
The Exchange Place of Welcome - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/the-exchange/place-of-welcome	22
About The Exchange - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/the-exchange/about	22
What's On at The Exchange - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/the-exchange/events	21
Health & medicine - University of Birminghamwww.birmingham.ac.uk/news/health-medicine	21

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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