Claims | Northern Beaches Council

Rates and fees | Northern Beaches Council

Place making | Northern Beaches Council

Pets | Northern Beaches Council

Your elected Council | Northern Beaches Council

Natural hazards | Northern Beaches Council

Public Wifi | Northern Beaches Council

Publications | Northern Beaches Council

Council meetings | Northern Beaches Council

Grants | Northern Beaches 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

April 2025

March 2025

Northern Beaches Council

Title / URL	Issues
Claims \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/claims	2
Rates and fees \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/rates-and-fees	2
Place making \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/community/place-making	2
Pets \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/community/pets	2
Your elected Council \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/your-elected-council	2
Natural hazards \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/environment/natural-hazards	2
Public Wifi \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/community/public-wifi	2
Publications \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/publications	2
Council meetings \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/meetings	2
Grants \| Northern Beaches Councilwww.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/grants	2

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Northern Beaches Council

Where this issue has occurred