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School meals | Aberdeen City Council

Private water supplies | Aberdeen City Council

Universal Credit | 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

June 2025

May 2025

Aberdeen City Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	News \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/news?page=2	13
	Community care \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/social-care-and-health/community-care	13
	Sitemap \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sitemap	13
	Choice Based Lettings \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/housing/choice-based-lettings	13
	Services \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services	13
	Events \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/events	13
	Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM	13
	School meals \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/education-and-childcare/school-meals	12
	Private water supplies \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/environment/private-water-supplies	12
	Universal Credit \| Aberdeen City Councilwww.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/benefits-and-advice/universal-credit	12

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Aberdeen City Council

Where this issue has occurred