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Footnotes: Provide jump back to referring link
I’d suggest an addition to Textile’s footnote handling which would add a link to the originating link (superscript) from the footnote index figure, so a reader could easily jump back and forth between references and footnotes.
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This Textile:
a reference[1]
fn1. a footnotewould render this HTML (replace $hash with a random hash):
<p>a reference<a href="#refHASH"<sup class="footnote"><a href="#fn-$hash" id="ref-$hash">1</a></sup></p>
<p id="fn-$hash" class="footnote"><sup><a href="#ref-$hash">1</a></sup> a footnote</p>resulting in a rendered output like this:
<p>a reference<a href=”#refHASH”<sup class=“footnote”><a href=”#fn-$hash” id=“ref-$hash”>1</a></sup></p>
<p id=“fn-$hash” class=“footnote”><sup><a href=”#ref-$hash”>1</a></sup> a footnote</p>
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Re: Footnotes: Provide jump back to referring link
With appropriate title attributes, localized, yup it’s a good idea.
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Re: Footnotes: Provide jump back to referring link
Wouldn’t work if the same footnote is referenced more than once. Why not use the back button in the browser?
Last edited by ruud (2006-10-13 14:59:25)
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Re: Footnotes: Provide jump back to referring link
I like this idea too, it’d certainly be convenient.
ruud wrote:
Wouldn’t work if the same footnote is referenced more than once. Why not use the back button in the browser?
It’s pretty rare for a footnote to be referenced multiple times, whether in print or web, in my experience.
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Re: Footnotes: Provide jump back to referring link
Not as rare as you might think. I see it quite often in combination with tables.
In the case of multiple references to a single footnote, perhaps only the first or the last reference should get an ID attribute, to avoid duplicate IDs.
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#6 2006-10-13 22:35:56
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Re: Footnotes: Provide jump back to referring link
It doesn’t matter, footnotes are already hashed because of that problem.
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Mary wrote:
It doesn’t matter, footnotes are already hashed because of that problem.
Ruud has a strong point here, as the sending anchor isn’t unique:
a reference[1] mentioned twice[1] looses it's target
fn1. where to go from here?In my applications, this is a rare case, and I’d personally prefer to have the suggested convenience link.
Last edited by wet (2006-10-14 06:58:07)
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#8 2006-10-14 19:38:17
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Re: Footnotes: Provide jump back to referring link
You could very easily make use of the existing hash, that’s what I’m saying. i.e: instead of this:
<p>reference<sup class="footnote"><a href="#fn19311613645313bcaa26cb">1</a></sup></p>
<p id="fn19311613645313bcaa26cb" class="footnote"><sup>1</sup> note</p>do this:
<p>reference<sup class="footnote"><a id="fnr19311613645313bcaa26cb" href="#fn19311613645313bcaa26cb">1</a></sup></p>
<p id="fn19311613645313bcaa26cb" class="footnote"><sup>1</sup> note <a href="#fnr19311613645313bcaa26cb">↩</a></p>Offline