First time visit: View without clicking anything

Housing Benefits | Brent Council

Parking, roads and travel | Brent Council

Libraries, heritage and arts | Brent Council

Council Tax | Brent Council

Brent Council

Brent for business | Brent Council

The council and democracy | Brent Council

Yoga in Brent | Brent Council

Contact the council | 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

January 2025

December 2024

London Borough of Brent Council

Title / URL	Issues
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.brent.gov.uk/	4
Housing Benefits \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/benefits-and-money-advice/housing-benefits	2
Parking, roads and travel \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel	2
Libraries, heritage and arts \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage	2
Council Tax \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/council-tax	2
Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/	2
Brent for business \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/business	2
The council and democracy \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy	1
Yoga in Brent \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/events-in-brent/2024/regular-events/yoga-in-brent	1
Contact the council \| Brent Councilwww.brent.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/contact-us	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

London Borough of Brent Council

Where this issue has occurred