Companies and charities

Use of cookies

Additional incomes

Tax and duty professionals

Customs

Property

Self-assessment and self-employment

100 Years of Revenue

Press Office

News - revenue.ie

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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May 2025

April 2025

Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Title / URL	Issues
Companies and charitieswww.revenue.ie/en/companies-and-charities/index.aspx	14
Use of cookieswww.revenue.ie/en/online-services/support/data-and-security/privacy/use-of-cookies.aspx	14
Additional incomeswww.revenue.ie/en/additional-incomes/index.aspx	14
Tax and duty professionalswww.revenue.ie/en/tax-professionals/index.aspx	14
Customswww.revenue.ie/en/customs/index.aspx	14
Propertywww.revenue.ie/en/property/index.aspx	14
Self-assessment and self-employmentwww.revenue.ie/en/self-assessment-and-self-employment/index.aspx	14
100 Years of Revenuewww.revenue.ie/en/rev-100/index.aspx	14
Press Officewww.revenue.ie/en/corporate/press-office/index.aspx	14
News - revenue.iewww.revenue.ie/en/news/index.aspx	14

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Where this issue has occurred