Find it - Map advanced – Scottish Borders Council

Find it - Map basic – Scottish Borders Council

Allotments | Scottish Borders Council

Carers | Scottish Borders Council

Pay Council Tax by Direct Debit | Scottish Borders Council

Council Tax Charges and Bands | Scottish Borders Council

Find it - Your nearest – Scottish Borders Council

Scottish Borders Council – Scottish Borders Council

Pay business rates by direct debit | Scottish Borders Council

MyScotBorders – Scottish Borders 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

December 2024

November 2024

Scottish Borders Council

Title / URL	Issues
Find it - Map advanced – Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/mapadvanced	3
Find it - Map basic – Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/areamap	2
Allotments \| Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/parks-outdoors/allotments	2
Carers \| Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/care-home/carers	1
Pay Council Tax by Direct Debit \| Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/payments/direct-debit	1
Council Tax Charges and Bands \| Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/council-tax/council-tax-charges-bands	1
Find it - Your nearest – Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/findit	1
Scottish Borders Council – Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/	1
Pay business rates by direct debit \| Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/payments-0/direct-debit-1	1
MyScotBorders – Scottish Borders Councilwww.scotborders.gov.uk/myaccount	1

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Scottish Borders Council

Where this issue has occurred