Support and well-being - Wandle Housing Association

Third party contacts - Wandle Housing Association

Safe homes - Wandle Housing Association

Careers - Wandle Housing Association

Homepage - Wandle Housing Association

Pay it - Wandle Housing Association

What we do - Wandle Housing Association

Say it - Wandle Housing Association

Report it - Wandle Housing Association

Page not found - Wandle 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

July 2025

June 2025

Wandle Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Support and well-being - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/support-well-being/	2
Third party contacts - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/third-party-contacts/	2
Safe homes - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/safe-homes/	2
Careers - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/careers/	2
Homepage - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/	2
Pay it - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/pay-it/	2
What we do - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/careers/what-we-do/	2
Say it - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/say-it/	2
Report it - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/report-it/	2
Page not found - Wandle Housing Associationwww.wandle.com/invented-url-for-404-page	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred