Scottish Forestry - Forests & the Environment

Scottish Forestry - Forestry Business

Scottish Forestry - Page not found

Scottish Forestry - Sustainable Forestry

Scottish Forestry - Guide to Information

Scottish Forestry - News

Scottish Forestry - Home

Scottish Forestry - Accessibility

Scottish Forestry - About

Scottish Forestry - Contact

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

Scottish Forestry

Title / URL	Issues
Scottish Forestry - Forests & the Environmentforestry.gov.scot/forests-environment	3
Scottish Forestry - Forestry Businessforestry.gov.scot/forestry-business	3
Scottish Forestry - Page not foundforestry.gov.scot/invented-url-for-404-page	3
Scottish Forestry - Sustainable Forestryforestry.gov.scot/sustainable-forestry	3
Scottish Forestry - Guide to Informationforestry.gov.scot/about/guide-to-information	3
Scottish Forestry - Newsforestry.gov.scot/news-releases	3
Scottish Forestry - Homeforestry.gov.scot/	3
Scottish Forestry - Accessibilityforestry.gov.scot/accessibility	3
Scottish Forestry - Aboutforestry.gov.scot/about	3
Scottish Forestry - Contactforestry.gov.scot/contact	3

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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