Privacy Policy | Witham Housing Association

Apply for Housing with Witham Housing Association | Witham Housing Association

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

FAQs | Witham Housing Association

Get involved - Join our board | Witham Housing Association

Providing affordable sheltered housing for older people in Witham Essex.

Residents information | Witham Housing Association

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

Life in a Witham Housing Association apartment | Witham Housing Association

Our History | 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

August 2025

July 2025

Witham Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Privacy Policy \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/privacy-policy	17
Apply for Housing with Witham Housing Association \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/property/apply-for-a-property	17
See our ethos to provide affordable housing to older people \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/our-ethos	16
FAQs \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/faqs	16
Get involved - Join our board \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/get-involved	15
Providing affordable sheltered housing for older people in Witham Essex.www.withamha.com/	15
Residents information \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/residents	15
The Mission and Values of Essex Housing Association \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/mission-and-values	14
Life in a Witham Housing Association apartment \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/life-in-our-properties	14
Our History \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/our-history	14

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Witham Housing Association Limited

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