Privacy policies - Gedling Borough Council

Gedling Leisure

Swim promotion - Gedling Leisure

Get the app - Gedling Leisure

Her Spirit - Gedling Leisure

Swim assessment - Gedling Leisure

Changes to memberships - Gedling Leisure

Sessions - Gedling Leisure

Certificates and Accreditations - Gedling Leisure

Historic Grants - Gedling 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

July 2025

June 2025

Gedling Borough Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Privacy policies - Gedling Borough Councilwww.gedling.gov.uk/council/aboutus/policies/privacypolicies/	13
	Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/leisure/	12
	Swim promotion - Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/leisure/swimming/swimpromotion/	12
	Get the app - Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/leisure/getactive/gettheapp/	12
	Her Spirit - Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/leisure/getactive/herspirit/	12
	Swim assessment - Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/swimassessment/	12
	Changes to memberships - Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/leisure/membership/changes-to-memberships/	12
	Sessions - Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/leisure/swimming/sessions/	12
	Certificates and Accreditations - Gedling Leisurewww.gedling.gov.uk/accessible-facilities/	12
	Historic Grants - Gedling Borough Councilwww.gedling.gov.uk/business-grants/historicgrants/	12

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Gedling Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred