Household waste recycling centres – Slough Borough Council

Schools in Slough – Slough Borough Council

Council tax support – Slough Borough Council

Commercial waste – Slough Borough Council

Housing – Slough Borough Council

Cost of living – Slough Borough Council

Council housing and tenants – Slough Borough Council

School admissions – Slough Borough Council

Bins, waste and recycling – Slough Borough Council

Benefits and support – Slough Borough 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

April 2025

March 2025

Slough Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Household waste recycling centres – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/waste-recycling-sites	2
Schools in Slough – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/schools-slough	2
Council tax support – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/council-tax-support	2
Commercial waste – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/commercial-waste	2
Housing – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/housing	1
Cost of living – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/costofliving	1
Council housing and tenants – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/council-housing-tenants	1
School admissions – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/school-admissions	1
Bins, waste and recycling – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/bins-waste-recycling	1
Benefits and support – Slough Borough Councilwww.slough.gov.uk/benefits-support	1

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Slough Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred