Building and planning | Clarence Valley Council

Error 404 - page not found | Clarence Valley Council

How to pay your rates | Clarence Valley Council

Waste and recycling | Clarence Valley Council

Schedule of Works | Clarence Valley Council

Home | Clarence Valley Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Contacting your neighbours | Clarence Valley Council

Your rates | Clarence Valley Council

Report it | Clarence Valley Council

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

January 2025

December 2024

Clarence Valley Council

Title / URL	Issues
Building and planning \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Building-and-planning	1
Error 404 - page not found \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/invented-url-for-404-page	1
How to pay your rates \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Residents/Your-rates/How-to-pay-your-rates	1
Waste and recycling \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Residents/Waste-and-recycling	1
Schedule of Works \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Residents/Schedule-of-Works	1
Home \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Home	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Home	1
Contacting your neighbours \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Residents/Contacting-your-neighbours	1
Your rates \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Residents/Your-rates	1
Report it \| Clarence Valley Councilwww.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Residents/Report-it	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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