Investors | WH Smith PLC

Our Board | WH Smith PLC

About Us | WH Smith PLC

UK High Street Retail | WH Smith PLC

Search result | WH Smith PLC

Home Page | WH Smith PLC

Results, Reports and Presentations | WH Smith PLC

AGM | WH Smith PLC

UK Travel Retail | WH Smith PLC

Page not found | WH Smith PLC

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

May 2024

April 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Investors \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/investors	34
Our Board \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/about-us/our-board	30
About Us \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/about-us	29
UK High Street Retail \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/what-we-do/uk-high-street-retail	28
Search result \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/search-result	26
Home Page \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/	25
Results, Reports and Presentations \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/investors/results-reports-and-presentations/year/2024	25
AGM \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/investors/shareholder-centre/agm	25
UK Travel Retail \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/what-we-do/uk-travel-retail	24
Page not found \| WH Smith PLCwww.whsmithplc.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	24

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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