Books | Virgin

Our Companies | Virgin

The Virgin history | From 1970 to today | Virgin

Virgin Red Limited Privacy Policy | Virgin

Get to know Richard, Holly and Sam | Virgin

Official site | Virgin

About Virgin and all that we do | Virgin

The Virgin Group | Virgin

All the latest news from Virgin | Virgin

Modern slavery act | Virgin

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Books \| Virginwww.virgin.com/branson-family/books	84
Our Companies \| Virginwww.virgin.com/virgin-companies	80
The Virgin history \| From 1970 to today \| Virginwww.virgin.com/about-virgin/timeline	72
Virgin Red Limited Privacy Policy \| Virginwww.virgin.com/privacy-policy	65
Get to know Richard, Holly and Sam \| Virginwww.virgin.com/branson-family	55
Official site \| Virginwww.virgin.com/	54
About Virgin and all that we do \| Virginwww.virgin.com/about-virgin	46
The Virgin Group \| Virginwww.virgin.com/about-virgin/virgin-group	45
All the latest news from Virgin \| Virginwww.virgin.com/about-virgin/latest	42
Modern slavery act \| Virginwww.virgin.com/modern-slavery-act	40

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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