Contact us | Avon and Somerset Police

Finance and expenditure | Avon and Somerset Police

Police Stations | Avon and Somerset Police

account

Subscribe to email notifications | Avon and Somerset Police

Report anti-social behaviour | Avon and Somerset Police

Report child abuse | Avon and Somerset Police

Category: Roads | Avon and Somerset Police

Child custody disputes | Avon and Somerset Police

About us | Avon and Somerset Police

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

May 2024

April 2024

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Title / URL	Issues
Contact us \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact/	9
Finance and expenditure \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/about/finance-and-expenditure/	9
Police Stations \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact/police-stations/	5
accountwww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/account	5
Subscribe to email notifications \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/notify/News	2
Report anti-social behaviour \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/anti-social-behaviour/	2
Report child abuse \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/child-abuse/	1
Category: Roads \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/category/roads/	1
Child custody disputes \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/child-custody-disputes/	1
About us \| Avon and Somerset Policewww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/about/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Where this issue has occurred