Jobs at Camden Council - Camden Council

I have lost my PCN - Camden Council

404 page not found - Camden Council

West End project - Camden Council

By-election results - Camden Council

Better Homes - Tybalds - Camden Council

Landlords, home owners and private tenants - Camden Council

Save energy and keep warm - Camden Council

Premises licence - Camden Council

Homelessness in Camden - 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

February 2025

January 2025

London Borough of Camden Council

Title / URL	Issues
Jobs at Camden Council - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/jobs-camden-council	11
I have lost my PCN - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/lost-pcn	11
404 page not found - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	11
West End project - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/west-end-project	11
By-election results - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/by-election-results	11
Better Homes - Tybalds - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/better-homes-tybalds	11
Landlords, home owners and private tenants - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/landlords-home-owners	11
Save energy and keep warm - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/energysavingtips	11
Premises licence - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/premises-licence	11
Homelessness in Camden - Camden Councilwww.camden.gov.uk/homelessness-in-camden	11

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

London Borough of Camden Council

Where this issue has occurred