Results | Luton Directory

Welcome to Luton’s Local Offer SEND Information Hub | Luton Directory

About us | Luton Directory

What's On in Luton (Main Directory) | Luton Directory

Accessibility | Luton Directory

Luton Directory

Sign In | Luton Directory

Help | Luton Directory

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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July 2025

June 2025

Luton Local Offer

Title / URL	Issues
Results \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/results.page?directorychannel=10	6
Welcome to Luton’s Local Offer SEND Information Hub \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/localoffer.page	6
About us \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/about.page	6
Results \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/results.page?directorychannel=1	6
Results \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/results.page?localofferchannel=0	6
What's On in Luton (Main Directory) \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/whats_on.page	6
Accessibility \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/accessibility.page	6
Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/home.page	6
Sign In \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/sign_in.page	6
Help \| Luton Directorydirectory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/help.page	6

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Luton Local Offer

Where this issue has occurred