Types of elections | Tamworth Borough Council

Terms and conditions | Tamworth Borough Council

Council meetings | Tamworth Borough Council

Jobs | Tamworth Borough Council

Food safety | Tamworth Borough Council

Accessibility | Tamworth Borough Council

Council tenants hub | Tamworth Borough Council

Change in circumstances | Tamworth Borough Council

Other licences | Tamworth Borough Council

Budget book and reports | 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)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

February 2025

January 2025

Tamworth Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Types of elections \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/elections/types-elections	2
Terms and conditions \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/index.php/terms-and-conditions	2
Council meetings \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/index.php/council/council-meetings	2
Jobs \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/index.php/jobs	2
Food safety \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/index.php/environment/food-safety	2
Accessibility \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/accessibility	2
Council tenants hub \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/index.php/council-tenants-hub	2
Change in circumstances \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/change-circumstances	2
Other licences \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/index.php/licensing/other-licences	2
Budget book and reports \| Tamworth Borough Councilwww.tamworth.gov.uk/budgets/budget-book-and-reports	2

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Tamworth Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred