Pet Ownership | Warrnambool City Council

Parking | Warrnambool City Council

Kindergartens | Warrnambool City Council

Make a Payment | Warrnambool City Council

Contact Council | Warrnambool City Council

Youth | Warrnambool City Council

Page not found | Warrnambool City Council

Environment | Warrnambool City Council

Engage with Council | Warrnambool City Council

News | Warrnambool City 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

September 2025

August 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Pet Ownership \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/pet-ownership	22
Parking \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/parking	17
Kindergartens \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/kindergartens	16
Make a Payment \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/payments	15
Contact Council \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/contact	9
Youth \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/youth	7
Page not found \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/invented-url-for-404-page	6
Environment \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/environment	6
Engage with Council \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/engage-council	5
News \| Warrnambool City Councilwww.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/news	5

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Warrnambool City Council

Where this issue has occurred