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Emergency Department Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

rehabilitation Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Chaplaincy Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Coronavirus Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

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
Our services - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services/	100
Sitemap - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/sitemap/	100
Walsall Together Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/walsall-together/	98
midwives Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/midwives/	98
neonatal Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/neonatal/	97
pregnancy Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/pregnancy/	97
Emergency Department Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/emergency-department/	97
rehabilitation Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/rehabilitation/	97
Chaplaincy Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/chaplaincy/	97
Coronavirus Archives - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustwww.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/tag/coronavirus/	97

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Where this issue has occurred