Internal link not working with Moon+

[1v4n0]

I know that the Moon+ app is a bit finicky and often has problems with the way it renders epub files, but still I'm curious, because this is the first time I have this issue.

When I click on the numbers to open a footnote, Moon+ brings me to the top of the footnotes.xhtml file, but not to the specific <div> where that note is. Also the backlinks don't seem to work. This only happens in M+ (as opposed to Lithium on mobile, and calibre and sigil on desktop), and only with this book, even though I'm quite sure I created it the same way as always.
Any ideas?


File is attached, thank you as usual.

[Tex2002ans]

In your ebook example, they're using footnote code in the text like this:

<p>[...] una volta all’anno per il Seder<a href="../Text/footnotes.xhtml#footnote-0004"><sup>4</sup></a><a id="fnreturn-0004"></a>. [...]</p>

And this is the footnotes.xhtml:

  <div class="footnote" id="footnote-0004">
    4) 
    <p><em>Seder</em>: cena rituale legata della Pasqua ebraica (in cui si bevono vari bicchieri di vino, in seguito alle benedizioni).&nbsp; <a href="../Text/content0041.xhtml#fnreturn-0004"> <strong>↵</strong></a></p>
  </div>

Not the cleanest code (or best way to do footnotes), but I don't see anything broken here. It should jump you to the proper locations back/forth.

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Side Note: I'd recommend reading through my posts in:

• 2022: "bridging endnotes in scanned document"
• 2022: "Footnotes: Best Practices"

It's better to KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid). The simpler the code, the more likely it is to work across all readers without a problem.

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For example...

Your Chapter01.xhtml:

<p>This is an example.<a href="../Text/Endnotes.xhtml#fn1" id="ft1">[1]</a></p>

Your Endnotes.xhtml:

<p class="footnote"><a href="../Text/Chapter01.xhtml#ft1" id="fn1">[1]</a> An example footnote.</p>

Simple <a> goes one way, simple <a> goes back the other way. Bing, bang, boom, it works everywhere!

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Complete Side Note: You may also want to take a look closely at your EPUB Metadata... there is a whole bunch of gibberish in there, like Hebrew in your "source":

• שלושה סיפורי אהבה

[1v4n0]

Thank you. Yes, I know the code is just slightly bloated, but it had never given me any problem until now. I'm quite sure the fault is in Moon+. I couldn't find any other solution than merging the last file in the book with the one with the footnotes. I have no idea why that's the case.

[Tex2002ans]

Originally Posted by 1v4n0

I'm quite sure the fault is in Moon+.

Seems like it.

Any specific reason why you're using Moon+ over the alternatives?

Originally Posted by 1v4n0

I couldn't find any other solution than merging the last file in the book with the one with the footnotes. I have no idea why that's the case.

And merging the file then made it hop to the right footnote/location?

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Have you also run your book through epubcheck?

It looks like you have broken code:

<p><span id="img_graphics1"><img id="graphics1" style=" 4.82em;" src="../Images/graphics1.jpg" alt="graphics1"/></span></p>

Maybe that's making Moon+ act weird too?

(Like ADE throwing out all CSS if there's the tiniest of errors in it.)

[1v4n0]

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

Seems like it.

Any specific reason why you're using Moon+ over the alternatives?

It's just a convenient app for reading. It has a decent interface and I like the blue-light filter.

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

And merging the file then made it hop to the right footnote/location?

Yes. And it also makes the note appear in a pop-up preview (as they usually do)
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

It looks like you have broken code:

Tried, but that was not it.