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Tree Ownership and Maintenance | West Devon Borough Council

FOI Library | West Devon Borough Council

Parking Permits | West Devon Borough Council

Council Tax | West Devon 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

June 2024

May 2024

West Devon Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
West Devon \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/	71
Accessibility \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/accessibility	18
Licensing \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/licensing	18
News \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/news?page=2	17
Environment and Nuisance \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/environment-and-nuisance	17
News \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/news?page=1	17
Tree Ownership and Maintenance \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/trees/tree-ownership-and-maintenance	17
FOI Library \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/freedom-information/foi-library	17
Parking Permits \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/parking/parking-permits	17
Council Tax \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/council-tax	16

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

West Devon Borough Council

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