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All the Ways You Can Get in Touch With Us | West Kent

Policies | West Kent

Vision to be a Leading Provider of Affordable Homes in Kent | West Kent

Safety in the home | West Kent

Making A Difference In Your Local Community | West Kent

Stakeholders | West Kent

Find Homes for Rent or Homes to Buy | West Kent

Part Buy Part Rent A Shared Ownership House Or Flat | West Kent

Pay Rent, Report Repairs And Manage Your Tenancy Online | West Kent

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

June 2025

May 2025

West Kent Housing Association

	Title / URL	Issues
	Sign up for Enews Neighbourhood News. What’s Going On \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us/neighbourhood-news	2
	All the Ways You Can Get in Touch With Us \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us/contact-us	2
	Policies \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us/policies	2
	Vision to be a Leading Provider of Affordable Homes in Kent \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us	2
	Safety in the home \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/your-home/safety-in-the-home	2
	Making A Difference In Your Local Community \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/help-for-residents	2
	Stakeholders \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us/working-with-us	2
	Find Homes for Rent or Homes to Buy \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/find-a-home	2
	Part Buy Part Rent A Shared Ownership House Or Flat \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/find-a-home/buy-a-home	2
	Pay Rent, Report Repairs And Manage Your Tenancy Online \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/your-home/moving-in	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

West Kent Housing Association

Where this issue has occurred