City of Sydney

Contact us - City of Sydney

Sydney recycling - City of Sydney

Places - City of Sydney

Services - City of Sydney

Planning for the future - City of Sydney

Transport & parking - City of Sydney

Sydney libraries - City of Sydney

Report an issue - City of Sydney

Spaces for use and hire - City of Sydney

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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-enhanced

June 2025

May 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/	36
	Contact us - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/contact-us	36
	Sydney recycling - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/waste-recycling-services	35
	Places - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/places	34
	Services - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/services	34
	Planning for the future - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/planning-for-the-future	31
	Transport & parking - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/transport-parking	23
	Sydney libraries - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/libraries	23
	Report an issue - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/report-issue	22
	Spaces for use and hire - City of Sydneywww.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/spaces-for-use-and-hire	20

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

City of Sydney

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