Instructions | Application for Business parking permit

Council Tax | Pendle Borough Council

Terms and disclaimer | Pendle Borough Council

Services beginning with B | Pendle Borough Council

Other Licences | Pendle Borough Council

Benefits | Pendle Borough Council

Town centres | Our town centres | Pendle Borough Council

Make a payment | Pendle Borough Council

Instructions | Disregarded Person Discount

Services beginning with Z | Pendle Borough 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

August 2025

July 2025

Pendle Borough Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Instructions \| Application for Business parking permitwww.pendle.gov.uk/xfp/form/396	1
	Council Tax \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/counciltax	1
	Terms and disclaimer \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/terms	1
	Services beginning with B \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/a_to_z/B	1
	Other Licences \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/info/20064/other_licences	1
	Benefits \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/info/20000/benefits	1
	Town centres \| Our town centres \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/info/20028/town_centres/260/our_town_centres	1
	Make a payment \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/pay_for_it	1
	Instructions \| Disregarded Person Discountwww.pendle.gov.uk/xfp/form/302	1
	Services beginning with Z \| Pendle Borough Councilwww.pendle.gov.uk/a_to_z/Z	1

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Pendle Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred