Quick menu in footnotes sub-window

whiteowl · 10-18-2026, 08:08 PM

Reading a book with footnotes.

In a EPUB, I have a section like:

Code:

<p class="paragraph1">Some text with a strange fact<a href="index_split_036.xhtml#n20" title="some commentary to that fact"><sup class="calibre11">[20]</sup></a> Some other text</p>

On mouse hover over "[20]" we have a quick popup with the title and on clock on "[20]" a small subwindow opens with contents of "index_split_036.xhtml#n20".

So far so good, but... If I choose a text in a book, the smallish menu appears with "copy, lookup, highlight, and web-search" buttons.

But that menu does not appear in footnote's sub-window. I still can do Ctrl+C to copy selected text, but now I have to manually switch to a browser, open search engine, hit Ctrl+V, search...

Can we have the same lookup/search menu in footnote's sub-window as we have in main text window?

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2026, 10:10 PM

I'm afraid that is rather too much work. You can click the arrow in the popup window to open it in the main window and use the selections menu there.

whiteowl · Yesterday, 11:11 AM

There is another issue: once I click on that arrow - how can I return to main text? The Alt+Left works, but that is with a keyboard. Can we add a "back to text" icon to the footnote view if it is maximized to the main window?

10-18-2026, 08:08 PM	#1
whiteowl Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: none	Quick menu in footnotes sub-window Reading a book with footnotes. In a EPUB, I have a section like: Code: <p class="paragraph1">Some text with a strange fact<a href="index_split_036.xhtml#n20" title="some commentary to that fact"><sup class="calibre11">[20]</sup></a> Some other text</p> On mouse hover over "[20]" we have a quick popup with the title and on clock on "[20]" a small subwindow opens with contents of "index_split_036.xhtml#n20". So far so good, but... If I choose a text in a book, the smallish menu appears with "copy, lookup, highlight, and web-search" buttons. But that menu does not appear in footnote's sub-window. I still can do Ctrl+C to copy selected text, but now I have to manually switch to a browser, open search engine, hit Ctrl+V, search... Can we have the same lookup/search menu in footnote's sub-window as we have in main text window?

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10-18-2026, 10:10 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 46,556 Karma: 29634066 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm afraid that is rather too much work. You can click the arrow in the popup window to open it in the main window and use the selections menu there.

Yesterday, 11:11 AM	#3
whiteowl Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: none	There is another issue: once I click on that arrow - how can I return to main text? The Alt+Left works, but that is with a keyboard. Can we add a "back to text" icon to the footnote view if it is maximized to the main window?

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