Safety in the home | West Kent

Living in your home | West Kent

Your rent | West Kent

Sign up for Enews Neighbourhood News. What’s Going On | West Kent

Making A Difference In Your Local Community | West Kent

News & events | West Kent

Find Homes for Rent or Homes to Buy | West Kent

Moving out | West Kent

Your Home Your Responsibility - Understand Your Tenancy | West Kent

How we're managed | 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

August 2024

July 2024

West Kent Housing Association

Title / URL	Issues
Safety in the home \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/your-home/safety-in-the-home/	2
Living in your home \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/your-home/living-in-your-home/	2
Your rent \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/your-home/your-rent/	2
Sign up for Enews Neighbourhood News. What’s Going On \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us/neighbourhood-news/	2
Making A Difference In Your Local Community \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/help-for-residents/	2
News & events \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us/news-events/	2
Find Homes for Rent or Homes to Buy \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/find-a-home/	2
Moving out \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/your-home/moving-out/	2
Your Home Your Responsibility - Understand Your Tenancy \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/your-home/	2
How we're managed \| West Kentwww.westkent.org/about-us/how-were-managed/	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

West Kent Housing Association

Where this issue has occurred