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Deane · 04-03-2020, 05:37 PM

I've been trying to get pop-up footnotes work on my MOBI file. It's really hit or miss.

They DO work on an E Ink Kindle I have (not sure what model -- I think it's just the most basic Kindle). They also work in Calibre.

They DO NOT work in two different Android Kindle apps. In both these apps, the footnote reference link sends you back to where the note is located at the end of the chapter (like a normal footnote would).

However, on both these Kindle apps, I am reading other books that DO have pop-up footnotes, so I know it's possible. I just can't peek inside those books to see what HTML they used.

(I can't check my footnotes in Cloud Reader or Kindle for PC because I can only load and test my MOBI as a document, not a book, and documents don't show up in either of those platforms.)

Here is my code for the note reference:

Code:

<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" epub:type="noteref" id="footnote-1-ref">[1]</a>

Here is the note itself (again, it's at the end of the chapter)

Code:

<aside id="fn1" class="footnote" epub:type="footnote">
   <a href="#footnote-1-ref" class="footnote-number">[1]</a>
   Note content here...
</aside>

What is the trick to this?

04-03-2020, 05:37 PM	#1
Deane Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2020 Device: Kindle	Cannot get pop-up footnotes to appear on Android Kindles I've been trying to get pop-up footnotes work on my MOBI file. It's really hit or miss. They DO work on an E Ink Kindle I have (not sure what model -- I think it's just the most basic Kindle). They also work in Calibre. They DO NOT work in two different Android Kindle apps. In both these apps, the footnote reference link sends you back to where the note is located at the end of the chapter (like a normal footnote would). However, on both these Kindle apps, I am reading other books that DO have pop-up footnotes, so I know it's possible. I just can't peek inside those books to see what HTML they used. (I can't check my footnotes in Cloud Reader or Kindle for PC because I can only load and test my MOBI as a document, not a book, and documents don't show up in either of those platforms.) Here is my code for the note reference: Code: <a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" epub:type="noteref" id="footnote-1-ref">[1]</a> Here is the note itself (again, it's at the end of the chapter) Code: <aside id="fn1" class="footnote" epub:type="footnote"> <a href="#footnote-1-ref" class="footnote-number">[1]</a> Note content here... </aside> What is the trick to this?