Site map – www.kingston.gov.uk

Languages – www.kingston.gov.uk

Privacy Notice and Data Protection – www.kingston.gov.uk

Arts – www.kingston.gov.uk

Cost of Living Support – www.kingston.gov.uk

How to pay for parking – www.kingston.gov.uk

What we don't licence – www.kingston.gov.uk

Local Plan – www.kingston.gov.uk

Explosives – www.kingston.gov.uk

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

April 2025

March 2025

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

Title / URL	Issues
Site map – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/site-map	77
Languages – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/translate	68
Languages – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/languages	68
Privacy Notice and Data Protection – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/accessibility	51
Arts – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/things/arts/1	48
Cost of Living Support – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/costoflivingsupport	38
How to pay for parking – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/parking-1/pay-parking/1	34
What we don't licence – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/licensing/dont-licence/1	34
Local Plan – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/policy/new-local-plan	27
Explosives – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/licensing/explosives/1	25

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

Where this issue has occurred