Change of address | Norwich City Council

Services beginning with U | Norwich City Council

Local business | Norwich City Council

Committees and meetings | Norwich City Council

Services beginning with J | Norwich City Council

Request details | Scrutiny Request Form

Elections news | Norwich City Council

Report a repair | Report a repair | Norwich City Council

About the council news | Norwich City Council

Allotments | Norwich City 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)

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August 2025

July 2025

Norwich City Council

Title / URL	Issues
Change of address \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/changeofaddress	2
Services beginning with U \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/a_to_z/U	2
Local business \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/info/20009/local_business	2
Committees and meetings \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/info/20191/committees_and_meetings	2
Services beginning with J \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/a_to_z/J	2
Request details \| Scrutiny Request Formwww.norwich.gov.uk/scrutinyrequest	2
Elections news \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/news/20118/elections	2
Report a repair \| Report a repair \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/reportarepair	2
About the council news \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/news/20079/about_the_council	2
Allotments \| Norwich City Councilwww.norwich.gov.uk/info/20205/allotments	2

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Norwich City Council

Where this issue has occurred