Get Involved - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Contact - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Working With Us - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Meet Our Board Members - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Our Policies - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Page not found - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Tenant Advisory Group meeting - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

News - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Damp and Mould - Wirral Methodist Housing Association

Privacy Policy - Wirral Methodist 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

June 2025

May 2025

Wirral Methodist Housing Association Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Get Involved - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/get-involved/	1
	Contact - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/contact/	1
	Working With Us - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/working-with-us/	1
	Meet Our Board Members - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/about-us/board-members/	1
	Our Policies - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/tenancy/our-policies/	1
	Page not found - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Tenant Advisory Group meeting - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/new-tag-meeting/	1
	News - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/news/	1
	Damp and Mould - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/damp-and-mould/	1
	Privacy Policy - Wirral Methodist Housing Associationwmhaltd.org.uk/privacy-policy-2/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Wirral Methodist Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred