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Originally Posted by mattmc
When I had an ePub file with multiple XHTML files (one per chapter) epub:type="footnote" hyperlinks that targeted <aside> tags
that were outside the source XHTML file (but within the same book) failed in iBooks (did not pull up anything when I tapped them).
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I wasn't able to reproduce this behavior. I modified my test file so that the first footnote points to an aside footnote definition in a different xhtml file and it still worked.
The two rearnotes still don't work, but this was to be expected since the
iBooks Asset Guide doesn't mention rearnotes. According to the Asset Guide, the preferred format is:
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Code:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops">
...
<p>
<a href="chapter.xhtml#myNote" epub:type="noteref">1</a>
</p>
<aside id="myNote" epub:type="footnote">Text in popup</aside>
...
</html>
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(The IDPF version is
here.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by mattmc
That's a bit concerning. So the back button works fine for a regular hyperlink, but if you do the pop-up, then go to the footnote via the popup, the back button doesn't work? Sounds like a bug to me. If that's repeatable, we should let someone at Amazon know.
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IMHO, this a non-issue. While having a working back button was essential for
non-popup footnotes it's not required for readers/apps with popup footnote support.
Besides there's actually no need to select the
Go To Footnotes option, because the footnote text is displayed in full in the popup dialog box. (If the footnote text is longer than the display window a scroll bar will be displayed.)
And if a reader actually selects the
Go To Footnotes option, he'd first have to tap the menu area to display the back button and then tap the button.
I'd instinctively just tap the back link button before the footnote definition, which requires only one tap and takes me back to where I want to go.