Witham Housing Association

Purpose built Housing Association property block for elderly in Witham | Witham Housing Association

Job Opportunity | Witham Housing Association

See our ethos to provide affordable housing to older people | Witham Housing Association

Providing affordable sheltered housing for older people in Witham Essex.

The Mission and Values of Essex Housing Association | Witham Housing Association

Available properties | Witham Housing Association

About us | Witham Housing Association

Privacy Policy | Witham 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

Witham Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/contact	2
Purpose built Housing Association property block for elderly in Witham \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/property/podsbrook-house	2
Job Opportunity \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/job-opportunity	2
See our ethos to provide affordable housing to older people \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/our-ethos	2
Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Providing affordable sheltered housing for older people in Witham Essex.www.withamha.com/	2
The Mission and Values of Essex Housing Association \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/mission-and-values	2
Available properties \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/property/available-properties	2
About us \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/team	2
Privacy Policy \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/privacy-policy	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Witham Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred