Publications - whg Housing Association

Policies - whg Housing Association

Your tenancy - whg Housing Association

FAQs - whg Housing Association

Block safety - whg Housing Association

Rent and charges - whg Housing Association

Repairs - whg Housing Association

Meet our teams - whg Housing Association

About us - whg Housing Association

Investor information - whg Housing Association

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

March 2025

February 2025

Walsall Housing Group Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Publications - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/publications/	100
Policies - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/policies/	92
Your tenancy - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/tenancy/	64
FAQs - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/faqs/	53
Block safety - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/block-safety/	41
Rent and charges - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/rent/	38
Repairs - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/repairs/	33
Meet our teams - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/meet-our-teams/	31
About us - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/about-us/	30
Investor information - whg Housing Associationwww.whg.uk.com/investors/	30

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Walsall Housing Group Limited

Where this issue has occurred