How to vote – Bolton Council

Council property and assets – Bolton Council

The Mayors of Bolton – Bolton Council

MPs – Bolton Council

Consultations and petitions – Bolton Council

Little Lever – Bolton Council

Latest news – Bolton Council

Housing benefit – Bolton Council

Area Working – Bolton Council

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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June 2025

May 2025

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	How to vote – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/voting/vote/3	1
	Council property and assets – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/council-property-assets	1
	The Mayors of Bolton – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/mayors-bolton	1
	MPs – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/council/mps-meps	1
	How to vote – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/voting/vote/2	1
	Consultations and petitions – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/consultations-petitions	1
	Little Lever – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/little-lever	1
	Latest news – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/news?page=1	1
	Housing benefit – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/benefits/housing-benefit	1
	Area Working – Bolton Councilwww.bolton.gov.uk/area-working-1	1

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred