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About Armadale | City of Armadale

Tenders and Contracts | City of Armadale

Libraries | City of Armadale

NBN in Armadale | City of Armadale

Jobs and Careers | City of Armadale

Recent Community Consultation | City of Armadale

News and media releases | City of Armadale

Council elections | City of Armadale

Contact us | City of Armadale

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

City of Armadale

Title / URL	Issues
Check out Explore \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/check-out-explore	4
About Armadale \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/about-armadale	3
Tenders and Contracts \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/tenders-and-contracts	3
Libraries \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/libraries	3
NBN in Armadale \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/nbn-armadale	3
Jobs and Careers \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/jobs-and-careers	3
Recent Community Consultation \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/community-consultation	3
News and media releases \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/news-and-media-releases	3
Council elections \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/council-elections	3
Contact us \| City of Armadalewww.armadale.wa.gov.au/contact-us-0	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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