Residents

Adults

Community Hubs

Register offices

Unpaid carers: Caring for someone

Digital resources

Mental health

Preparing for winter

Students

Libraries and archives

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

Gwynedd Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Residentswww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Residents.aspx	100
	Adultswww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Health-and-social-care/Adults/Adults.aspx	64
	Community Hubswww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Costau-Byw/Community-Hubs.aspx	63
	Register officeswww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Births-marriages-deaths/Register-offices.aspx	63
	Unpaid carers: Caring for someonewww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Health-and-social-care/Carers/Carers.aspx	58
	Digital resourceswww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Libraries-and-archives/Digital-resources.aspx	54
	Mental healthwww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Health-and-social-care/Adults/Mental-health.aspx	52
	Preparing for winterwww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Emergencies/Preparing-for-winter.aspx	47
	Studentswww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Schools-and-learning/Students.aspx	45
	Libraries and archiveswww.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Libraries-and-archives/Libraries-and-archives.aspx	43

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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Where this issue has occurred