Heritage Centre – North Sydney Council

Stanton Library – North Sydney Council

The Coal Loader – North Sydney Council

Home – North Sydney Council

North Sydney Oval – North Sydney Council

Environment – North Sydney Council

Hold an event – North Sydney Council

Parking and transport – North Sydney Council

Community – North Sydney Council

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be partly obscured by anything in front of it. This is the stricter version of this check for 
Level AAA.

## 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 2.4.13](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/focus-not-obscured-enhanced.html)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-enhanced

January 2025

December 2024

North Sydney Council

Title / URL	Issues
Heritage Centre – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/heritage-centre	4
Stanton Library – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/library	4
The Coal Loader – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/coal-loader-1	4
Home – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/	4
The Coal Loader – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/coalloader	4
North Sydney Oval – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/northsydneyoval	4
Environment – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/environment	3
Hold an event – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/holding-event	3
Parking and transport – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/parking	3
Community – North Sydney Councilwww.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/community	3

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

North Sydney Council

Where this issue has occurred