Services offered on board the train | VIA Rail

Take advantage of our business lounge | VIA Rail

Frequently Asked Questions | VIA Rail

VIA Rail Canada: Train travel in Canada

Fares & Conditions | VIA Rail

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

Conditions of the contract and Limited liability | VIA Rail

Travellers with specific needs | VIA Rail

VIA Préférence Program | VIA Rail

Plan your trip | 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

July 2025

June 2025

VIA Rail Canada

Title / URL	Issues
Services offered on board the train \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/onboard-train	12
Take advantage of our business lounge \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/business-lounge	10
Frequently Asked Questions \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/faq	10
VIA Rail Canada: Train travel in Canadawww.viarail.ca/en	10
Fares & Conditions \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/fare-comparison	10
What to Do in Toronto? Best Tourist Places to Visit \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/places/visit-toronto	10
Conditions of the contract and Limited liability \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/conditions-contract	10
Travellers with specific needs \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/specific-needs	10
VIA Préférence Program \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/offers/via-preference	10
Plan your trip \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan	9

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

VIA Rail Canada

Where this issue has occurred