Worcester City Council

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Domestic Abuse and Harassment - Worcester City Council

Parking Annual Reports - Worcester City Council

Report it - Worcester City Council

Benefit Advice - Worcester 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

June 2024

May 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/news/tags/schools	8
Leisure, Parks and Allotments - Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/leisure-parks-allotments	8
Preparing for Brexit - Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/preparing-for-brexit	8
Bereavement Services - Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/bereavement	8
Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/news/tags/environment	8
Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/news/tags/mayor-of-worcester	8
Domestic Abuse and Harassment - Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/housing/domestic-abuse-harassment	8
Parking Annual Reports - Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/parking/parking-annual-reports	8
Report it - Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/report-it	8
Benefit Advice - Worcester City Councilwww.worcester.gov.uk/housing/benefit-advice	8

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

Worcester City Council

Where this issue has occurred