Publications and regulations | Municipality of Amstelveen

Moving | Municipality of Amstelveen

Board of Mayor and Aldermen | Municipality of Amstelveen

Municipal taxes | Municipality of Amstelveen

Marriage and partnership | Municipality of Amstelveen

For entrepreneurs | Municipality of Amstelveen

Elections | Municipality of Amstelveen

Organization | Municipality of Amstelveen

Press Releases | Municipality of Amstelveen

City Council | Municipality of Amstelveen

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

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August 2025

July 2025

Amstelveen

Title / URL	Issues
Publications and regulations \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/publicaties-en-regelgeving	2
Moving \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/verhuizen	2
Board of Mayor and Aldermen \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/college-van-b-en-w	2
Municipal taxes \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/gemeentelijke-belastingen	2
Marriage and partnership \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/trouwen-en-partnerschap-0	1
For entrepreneurs \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/voor-ondernemers	1
Elections \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/verkiezingen	1
Organization \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/organisatie	1
Press Releases \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/persberichten	1
City Council \| Municipality of Amstelveenwww.amstelveen.nl/gemeenteraad	1

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Amstelveen

Where this issue has occurred