Management of Correctional Service of Canada Volunteers

Le SCC et vous

Services de santé

Publications et ressources

Enquêter sur des incidents

Information for victims

Examen quantitatif des facteurs liés à une mise en liberté réussie accessibles dans le Système de gestion des délinquant(e)s

Engagement du SCC à l’égard de l’équité, de la diversité et de l’inclusion

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 2024

May 2024

Correctional Service Canada

Title / URL	Issues
Management of Correctional Service of Canada Volunteerswww.csc-scc.gc.ca/005/006/024-cd-en.shtml	78
Le SCC et vouswww.csc-scc.gc.ca/003/003-index-fr.shtml	13
Services de santéwww.csc-scc.gc.ca/sante/002006-index-fr.shtml	11
Publications et ressourceswww.csc-scc.gc.ca/ressources/index-fr.shtml	9
Enquêter sur des incidentswww.csc-scc.gc.ca/001/007/001007-index-fr.shtml	8
Information for victimswww.csc-scc.gc.ca/victims/003006-index-en.shtml	6
Examen quantitatif des facteurs liés à une mise en liberté réussie accessibles dans le Système de gestion des délinquant(e)swww.csc-scc.gc.ca/research/r-429-fr.shtml	3
Engagement du SCC à l’égard de l’équité, de la diversité et de l’inclusionwww.csc-scc.gc.ca/003/003/003003-index-fr.shtml	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Correctional Service Canada

Where this issue has occurred