Mooring - Reading Borough Council

Tenancy information - Reading Borough Council

Homes for Reading - Reading Borough Council

Finding employment - Reading Borough Council

Leisure - Reading Borough Council

Antisocial behaviour - Reading Borough Council

Team Reading - Reading Borough Council

Apprenticeships - Reading Borough Council

Grounds Maintenance - Reading Borough Council

Private rented housing - Reading Borough Council

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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

June 2025

May 2025

Reading Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Mooring - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/leisure/outdoors/mooring/	2
Tenancy information - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/housing/council-homes/tenancy-information/	1
Homes for Reading - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/housing/homes-for-reading/	1
Finding employment - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/housing/money-matters/finding-employment/	1
Leisure - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/leisure/	1
Antisocial behaviour - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/housing/council-homes/antisocial-behaviour/	1
Team Reading - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/work-for-the-council/team-reading/	1
Apprenticeships - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/work-for-the-council/apprenticeships/	1
Grounds Maintenance - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/leisure/outdoors/grounds-maintenance/	1
Private rented housing - Reading Borough Councilwww.reading.gov.uk/housing/find-a-home/private-rented-housing/	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Reading Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred