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Contacts | Vistry Group

Investor Centre | Vistry Group

Homepage | Vistry Group

Our Retail Brands | Vistry Group

Media contacts | Vistry Group

404 | Vistry Group

Approach | Vistry Group

Our Purpose | Vistry Group

Land | Vistry Group

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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February 2025

January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Press Releases \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/media-centre/press-releases	100
Contacts \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/contacts	56
Investor Centre \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/investor-centre	38
Homepage \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/	37
Our Retail Brands \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/about-us/our-retail-brands	34
Media contacts \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/media-centre/media-contacts	32
404 \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/404	30
Approach \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/what-we-build/approach	30
Our Purpose \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/about-us/our-purpose	30
Land \| Vistry Groupwww.vistrygroup.co.uk/land	29

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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