Events | Aberdeen City Council

Dog fouling | Aberdeen City Council

Buy a photo | Aberdeen City Council

Accord Card | Aberdeen City Council

Leisure, Culture and Parks | Aberdeen City Council

Local housing strategy | Aberdeen City Council

Universal Credit | Aberdeen City Council

A-Z | Aberdeen City Council

News | Aberdeen City Council

Find a home | Aberdeen City Council

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

March 2025

February 2025

Aberdeen City Council

Title / URL	Issues
Events \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/events	11
Dog fouling \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/environment/dog-wardens/dog-fouling	11
Buy a photo \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/leisure-culture-and-parks/buy-photo	11
Accord Card \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/people-and-communities/accord-card	11
Leisure, Culture and Parks \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/leisure-culture-and-parks	11
Local housing strategy \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/housing/local-housing-strategy	11
Universal Credit \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/benefits-and-advice/universal-credit	10
A-Z \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/a-z/h	10
News \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/news?page=1	10
Find a home \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/housing/find-home	10

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Aberdeen City Council

Where this issue has occurred