Footnotes in footnotes

Jellby · 09-03-2020, 12:10 PM

I was reading a book in a book with footnotes (or rather endnotes), and found the not too uncommon case of a footnote within a footnote... The book is coded by yours truly, and the structure is pretty simple:

text.xhtml:

Code:

<p>Lorem ipsum.<a class="call" href="footnotes.xhtml#n1>[1]</a></p>

footnotes.xhtml

Code:

<div class="footnote" id="n1">
<p>1 Footnote.<a class="call" href="#n2>[2]</a></p>
</div>

<div class="footnote" id="n2">
<p>2 Footnote.</p>
</div>

I have the "inline footnotes" tweaks enabled, and it looks pretty good for first-level footnotes, but I can't find any way to access the footnote in footnote, other than paging all the way to the end of the book and finding where the corresponding endnote sits (actually, footnote 2 appears as an inline footnote on the page for footnote 1, so that works). Touching the "[2]" link on the footnote achieves nothing but a page turn. If I disable the inline footnotes, I get a popup, where the touching the link is as useless as before.

Am I missing something? Is this worth reporting as an issue on GitHub?

PS. By the way, the footnote numbers are actually back-links to the main text... but touching them in the endnotes pages doesn't seem to work either. Maybe this is because they are very close to the margins, though.

Frenzie · 09-03-2020, 05:41 PM

The in-page footnotes have some limitations. I think an issue could be useful, especially in combination with a ready to use testcase (rather than a "it'd take a few minutes to make that into an EPUB etc. testcase

). Forum topics get lost and forgotten more easily, but for support questions that's typically more appropriate.

Jellby · 09-04-2020, 10:27 AM

I just noticed that I had enabled both "inline footnotes" (in the styles menu) and "show footnotes in popup" (in the settings menu). This meant I couldn't use neither the link to the inner footnote in the inline footnote, nor the link to the outer footnote, because it just showed the popup (and the link inside the popup doesn't work). I believe disabling popup footnotes will allow me at least to visit the outer footnote in its end page and see the inner footnote there.

Still, I will create an issue (with full testcase).

Jellby · 09-04-2020, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

Still, I will create an issue (with full testcase).

Or maybe that won't be needed. Even with popup notes enabled I can long-tap the outer footnote link and get a "follow link" option. And there's also a recent relevant issue: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/6622 (which somehow I didn't see/process yesterday).

09-03-2020, 12:10 PM	#1
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Footnotes in footnotes I was reading a book in a book with footnotes (or rather endnotes), and found the not too uncommon case of a footnote within a footnote... The book is coded by yours truly, and the structure is pretty simple: text.xhtml: Code: <p>Lorem ipsum.<a class="call" href="footnotes.xhtml#n1>[1]</a></p> footnotes.xhtml Code: <div class="footnote" id="n1"> <p>1 Footnote.<a class="call" href="#n2>[2]</a></p> </div> <div class="footnote" id="n2"> <p>2 Footnote.</p> </div> I have the "inline footnotes" tweaks enabled, and it looks pretty good for first-level footnotes, but I can't find any way to access the footnote in footnote, other than paging all the way to the end of the book and finding where the corresponding endnote sits (actually, footnote 2 appears as an inline footnote on the page for footnote 1, so that works). Touching the "[2]" link on the footnote achieves nothing but a page turn. If I disable the inline footnotes, I get a popup, where the touching the link is as useless as before. Am I missing something? Is this worth reporting as an issue on GitHub? PS. By the way, the footnote numbers are actually back-links to the main text... but touching them in the endnotes pages doesn't seem to work either. Maybe this is because they are very close to the margins, though.

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09-03-2020, 05:41 PM	#2
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,742 Karma: 730681 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	The in-page footnotes have some limitations. I think an issue could be useful, especially in combination with a ready to use testcase (rather than a "it'd take a few minutes to make that into an EPUB etc. testcase ). Forum topics get lost and forgotten more easily, but for support questions that's typically more appropriate.

09-04-2020, 10:27 AM	#3
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I just noticed that I had enabled both "inline footnotes" (in the styles menu) and "show footnotes in popup" (in the settings menu). This meant I couldn't use neither the link to the inner footnote in the inline footnote, nor the link to the outer footnote, because it just showed the popup (and the link inside the popup doesn't work). I believe disabling popup footnotes will allow me at least to visit the outer footnote in its end page and see the inner footnote there. Still, I will create an issue (with full testcase).

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