Fran Smith | Exmoor

Planning Application Forms | Exmoor

The Exmoor Landscape | Exmoor

Plan Your Visit | Exmoor

Publication Scheme | Exmoor

Filming on Exmoor | Exmoor

Meetings calendar | Exmoor

Jeremy Yabsley | Exmoor

Committees and Meetings | Exmoor

Neighbourhood Planning | Exmoor

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

May 2025

April 2025

Exmoor National Park Authority

Title / URL	Issues
Fran Smith \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/members/fran-smith	16
Planning Application Forms \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/planning/planning-application-forms	16
The Exmoor Landscape \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/nature-and-landscape/the-exmoor-landscape	16
Plan Your Visit \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/exmoor-for-everyone/plan-your-visit	16
Publication Scheme \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/publication-scheme	16
Filming on Exmoor \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/press-room/filming-on-exmoor	16
Meetings calendar \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/meetings-calendar	16
Jeremy Yabsley \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/members/jeremy-yabsley	16
Committees and Meetings \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/Committees-and-Meetings	16
Neighbourhood Planning \| Exmoorwww.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/the-lyn-plan	16

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Exmoor National Park Authority

Where this issue has occurred