Fly Tipping

Energy Efficiency | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Epsom Cemetery | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Disabled parking and blue badges | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Air quality | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Advertise with us | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Planning Enforcement

Leaf clearance | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Parking | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council

Planning advice | Epsom and Ewell Borough 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

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Fly Tippingwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/fly-tipping	3
Energy Efficiency \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/energy-efficiency	3
Epsom Cemetery \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/cemetery-services	3
Disabled parking and blue badges \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/disabled-parking-blue-badges	3
Air quality \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/residents/environmental-services/air-quality	3
Advertise with us \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/business/advertise-us	3
Planning Enforcementwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-enforcement	3
Leaf clearance \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/leaf-clearance	3
Parking \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/residents/parking	3
Planning advice \| Epsom and Ewell Borough Councilwww.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/planning-advice	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred