Mayor and Councillors | Cumberland City Council

Library Committee | Cumberland City Council

Events Committee | Cumberland City Council

Arts Advisory Committee | Cumberland City Council

Access Committee | Cumberland City Council

Granville Ward | Cumberland City Council

Resourcing Strategy | Cumberland City Council

Local Traffic Committee | Cumberland City Council

Cumberland City Council

Fees and Charges | Cumberland City 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)

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June 2025

May 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	Mayor and Councillors \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/mayor-and-councillors	26
	Library Committee \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/library-committee	15
	Events Committee \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/events-committee	15
	Arts Advisory Committee \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/arts-advisory-committee	15
	Access Committee \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/access-committee	14
	Granville Ward \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/granville-ward	2
	Resourcing Strategy \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/resourcing-strategy	2
	Local Traffic Committee \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/local-traffic-committee	2
	Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/	2
	Fees and Charges \| Cumberland City Councilwww.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/fees-and-charges	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Cumberland City Council

Where this issue has occurred