Elizabeth Bradford Business Centre | Tamworth Borough Council

Insurance | Tamworth Borough Council

Spending | Tamworth Borough Council

News and Media | Tamworth Borough Council

Contact Us | Tamworth Borough Council

Council meetings | Tamworth Borough Council

Council tenants hub | Tamworth Borough Council

Community | Tamworth Borough Council

Business and investment | Tamworth Borough 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)

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June 2025

May 2025

Tamworth Borough Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Elizabeth Bradford Business Centre \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/business-centre	2
	Insurance \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/budgets/insurance	2
	Spending \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/budgets/spending	2
	News and Media \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/news-and-media?page=3	2
	Contact Us \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/council/contact-us	2
	Council meetings \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/council/council-meetings	2
	Council tenants hub \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/council-tenants-hub	2
	Community \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/community	2
	Business and investment \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/business	2
	News and Media \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/news-and-media?page=5	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Tamworth Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred