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Originally Posted by rubeus
At a frist glance it sounds like you mistyped the ID, clicking back throws you to the page, but as the reader cant find the ID you're on top of the page.
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They're not talking about being taken back to the very top of an individual html
page.They're describing how the target ID/anchor often
becomes the top of the "page" on many readers after following the return link. It's expected (if slightly disappointing) behavior. This is exactly why many choose to put the return ID at a point
before the original footnote link. It's probably never going to return to the exact screen it left (unless you use the "back" functionality provided by some readers/apps instead of the explicit return link), but it's a good idea to back up the return anchor to the beginning of the current sentence or paragraph so there's a bit of context when returning.
In short: what the OP and others are describing is not an error in the html or a bug (as others have already explained). What they want can't be achieved (from the perspective of epub creation alone). The link goes where the link goes (as others have pointed out). The choices are: to deal with it; move the return anchors to a point before the original footnote link; or to make use of a reader/app that has a built-in "back" feature or pop-up footnote feature.