Council Members | City of Marion

Services we offer | City of Marion

About Council | City of Marion

News | City of Marion

City of Marion | Council, South Australia | City of Marion

Things to do | City of Marion

Publications, plans and policies | City of Marion

Venues and facilities | City of Marion

COVID-19 | City of Marion

Major projects | City of Marion

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)

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June 2024

May 2024

City of Marion

Title / URL	Issues
Council Members \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/elected-members	68
Services we offer \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/services-we-offer	56
About Council \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council	48
News \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/news	42
City of Marion \| Council, South Australia \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/	37
Things to do \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/things-to-do	35
Publications, plans and policies \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/publications	33
Venues and facilities \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/venues-and-facilities	32
COVID-19 \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/covid-19	31
Major projects \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/major-projects	31

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

City of Marion

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