Jobs at Camden Council - Camden Council

Register to vote - Camden Council

Licensing policy - Camden Council

West End project - Camden Council

Post 16 choices - Camden Council

I have lost my PCN - Camden Council

Arts and events - Camden Council

Community safety - Camden Council

By-election results - Camden Council

404 page not found - Camden 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

June 2024

May 2024

London Borough of Camden Council

Title / URL	Issues
Jobs at Camden Council - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/jobs-camden-council	11
Register to vote - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/register-to-vote	11
Licensing policy - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/licensing-policy	11
West End project - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/west-end-project	11
Post 16 choices - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/post-16-choices	11
I have lost my PCN - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/lost-pcn	11
Arts and events - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/arts-events	11
Community safety - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/crime-safety	11
By-election results - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/by-election-results	11
404 page not found - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	11

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

London Borough of Camden Council

Where this issue has occurred