Licences and permits - Spelthorne Borough Council

Vacancy: Paralegal - Spelthorne Borough Council

Pavement Licence - Spelthorne Borough Council

Business - Spelthorne Borough Council

Planning and Development - Spelthorne Borough Council

News - Spelthorne Borough Council

Notice of Election - Spelthorne Borough Council

Housing Benefit - Spelthorne Borough Council

Business rates - Spelthorne Borough Council

Elections - Spelthorne 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

August 2024

July 2024

Spelthorne Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Licences and permits - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/16879/Licences-and-permits	3
Vacancy: Paralegal - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/21364/Vacancy-Paralegal	3
Pavement Licence - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/pavement	3
Business - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/16340/Business	3
Planning and Development - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/planning	3
News - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/news?p=5	3
Notice of Election - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/21371/Notice-of-Election	3
Housing Benefit - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/benefits?p=2&direction=next	3
Business rates - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/business_rates	3
Elections - Spelthorne Borough Councilwww.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/16576/Elections	3

Ensure focus is not partly obscured

Spelthorne Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred