Appeal your Council Tax bill or band - Stockport Council

I - Stockport Council

Appeals - Stockport Council

Schools and education - Stockport Council

Cookies - Stockport Council

Report noise nuisance - Stockport Council

What you can put in your bins - Stockport Council

Freedom of information - Stockport Council

X - Stockport Council

Antisocial behaviour - Stockport Council

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

January 2025

December 2024

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Appeal your Council Tax bill or band - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/council-tax-appeals	1
I - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/atoz/i	1
Appeals - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/topic/appeals	1
Schools and education - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/topic/schools-and-education	1
Cookies - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/cookies	1
Report noise nuisance - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/start/report-noise-nuisance	1
What you can put in your bins - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/what-you-can-put-in-your-bins	1
Freedom of information - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/freedom-of-information	1
X - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/atoz/x	1
Antisocial behaviour - Stockport Councilwww.stockport.gov.uk/anti-social-behaviour	1

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred