VIA Rail Canada: Train travel in Canada

Accessibility on board our trains | VIA Rail

What to do in Vancouver? Top 10 places to visit | VIA Rail

What to Do in Toronto? Best Tourist Places to Visit | VIA Rail

What to Do in Ottawa? Best Tourist Places to Visit | VIA Rail

Discover the VIA Rail Blog, travel tips and inspiration | VIA Rail

Services offered on board the train | VIA Rail

Contact us | VIA Rail

What to Do in Montreal? Best Tourist Places to Visit | VIA Rail

Train baggage allowance | VIA Rail

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

September 2025

August 2025

VIA Rail Canada

Title / URL	Issues
VIA Rail Canada: Train travel in Canadawww.viarail.ca/en	56
Accessibility on board our trains \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/accessibility	54
What to do in Vancouver? Top 10 places to visit \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/places/visit-vancouver	31
What to Do in Toronto? Best Tourist Places to Visit \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/places/visit-toronto	31
What to Do in Ottawa? Best Tourist Places to Visit \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/places/visit-ottawa	31
Discover the VIA Rail Blog, travel tips and inspiration \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/blog	30
Services offered on board the train \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/onboard-train	29
Contact us \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/contact-us	28
What to Do in Montreal? Best Tourist Places to Visit \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/places/visit-montreal	28
Train baggage allowance \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/baggages	27

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

VIA Rail Canada

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