Winter services | Redcar and Cleveland

Useful links for parents | Redcar and Cleveland

Your councillor | Redcar and Cleveland

About MyAccount | Redcar and Cleveland

Home library services | Redcar and Cleveland

MyAccount | Redcar and Cleveland

Privacy notices | Redcar and Cleveland

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Redcar and Cleveland Homepage | Redcar and Cleveland

Parish and town councils | Redcar and Cleveland

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 2024

May 2024

Redcar and Cleveland Council

Title / URL	Issues
Winter services \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/roads-and-parking/winter-services	10
Useful links for parents \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/family-hubs/useful-links-for-parents	10
Your councillor \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/councillors/your-councillor	10
About MyAccount \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/myaccount/about-myaccount	10
Home library services \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/libraries/home-library-services	9
MyAccount \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/myaccount	8
Privacy notices \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/about-the-council/privacy-notices	7
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/	6
Redcar and Cleveland Homepage \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/	6
Parish and town councils \| Redcar and Clevelandwww.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/councillors/parish-and-town-councils	5

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Redcar and Cleveland Council

Where this issue has occurred