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Jobs, training and skills |Brent Council

Parking, roads and travel | Brent Council

Brent for business | Brent Council

Renting in the private sector | Brent Council

The council and democracy | Brent Council

What to do about Council Tax when someone dies | Brent Council

Business advice and support | Brent Council

Pest Control | Brent Council

Latest news | Brent 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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London Borough of Brent Council

Title / URL	Issues
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.brent.gov.uk/	7
Jobs, training and skills \|Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/jobs-training-and-skills	3
Parking, roads and travel \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel	2
Brent for business \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/business	2
Renting in the private sector \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/housing/renting-in-the-private-sector	1
The council and democracy \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy	1
What to do about Council Tax when someone dies \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/council-tax/what-to-do-when-someone-dies	1
Business advice and support \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/business/business-advice-and-support	1
Pest Control \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/business/pest-control	1
Latest news \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/news-in-brent	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

London Borough of Brent Council

Where this issue has occurred