Parking and bus lane penalty charge notices | Woking Borough Council

Jobs and volunteering | Woking Borough Council

St Mary's centre for the community (Byfleet) | Woking Borough Council

Planning and building control | Woking Borough Council

Woking Market | Woking Borough Council

Woking town centre | Woking Borough Council

Car park permits and season tickets | Woking Borough Council

The Mayor | Woking Borough Council

Council and democracy | Woking Borough Council

Council tenants | Woking 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

November 2024

October 2024

Woking Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Parking and bus lane penalty charge notices \| Woking Borough Councilwww.woking.gov.uk/pcn	5
Jobs and volunteering \| Woking Borough Councilwoking.gov.uk/jobs-and-volunteering	5
St Mary's centre for the community (Byfleet) \| Woking Borough Councilwoking.gov.uk/community/centres-community/st-marys-centre-community-byfleet	5
Planning and building control \| Woking Borough Councilwww.woking.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control	5
Woking Market \| Woking Borough Councilwww.woking.gov.uk/business/woking-market	5
Woking town centre \| Woking Borough Councilwww.woking.gov.uk/woking-town-centre	5
Car park permits and season tickets \| Woking Borough Councilwww.woking.gov.uk/carparkpermits	5
The Mayor \| Woking Borough Councilwoking.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/mayor	5
Council and democracy \| Woking Borough Councilwoking.gov.uk/council-and-democracy	5
Council tenants \| Woking Borough Councilwww.woking.gov.uk/housing/council-tenants	5

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Woking Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred