Woodland Walks Podcast with Adam Shaw - Woodland Trust

How to Care for Your Trees - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

Website Cookie Policy Guidelines - Woodland Trust

Choose Your Tree - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

Join Us: Become A Member - Woodland Trust

Climate Change - Woodland Trust

How to Plant Trees - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

Where to Plant - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

404 Error - Woodland Trust

Free Trees for Schools and Communities - Woodland Trust

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

February 2025

January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Woodland Walks Podcast with Adam Shaw - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/things-to-do/podcast/	30
How to Care for Your Trees - Plant Trees - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/advice/care/	30
Website Cookie Policy Guidelines - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/cookie-policy/	24
Choose Your Tree - Plant Trees - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/advice/choose/	22
Join Us: Become A Member - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/join/	22
Climate Change - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/climate-change/	22
How to Plant Trees - Plant Trees - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/advice/how-to-plant/	21
Where to Plant - Plant Trees - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/advice/where/	21
404 Error - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	20
Free Trees for Schools and Communities - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/schools-and-communities/	20

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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