Tenant Handbook | Wexford County Council

Business Permits and Licences | Wexford County Council

Guidance | Wexford County Council

Housing Action Delivery Plan | Wexford County Council

Maps Gallery | Wexford County Council

Plans, Reports and Committees | Wexford County Council

Affordable Housing | Wexford County Council

Private Rented Accommodation | Wexford County Council

User account | Wexford County Council

Office Solutions | Wexford County 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

January 2025

December 2024

Wexford County Council

Title / URL	Issues
Tenant Handbook \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/housing/council-tenants/tenant-handbook	16
Business Permits and Licences \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/business/business-permits-and-licences	12
Guidance \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/agents-portal/guidance-0	10
Housing Action Delivery Plan \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/housing/housing-action-delivery-plan	8
Maps Gallery \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/maps/maps-gallery	7
Plans, Reports and Committees \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/community/plans-reports-and-committees	7
Affordable Housing \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/housing/affordable-housing	5
Private Rented Accommodation \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/housing/private-rented-accommodation	4
User account \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/user/password	4
Office Solutions \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/business/office-solutions	4

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Wexford County Council

Where this issue has occurred