This is a simple footnote[^1].
[^1]: This is the referenced text.
[^2]: Add 2 spaces at the start of each new line.
This lets you write footnotes that span multiple lines.
[^note]: Named footnotes still appear as numbers, but can make it easier to identify and link references.
I pasted it into the sandbox vault. The footnote will not render in Live preview, only in reading mode.
I do believe you need to actually make a reference to the footnote for it to be rendered. So try that, and report back if it’s still a problem. But I might misunderstand your issue…
This is the normal behaviour. The footnotes are only rendered in reading view, whether in the body or in tables or callouts.
If you want a link in live preview mode, you can use a link to a block : Internal links - Obsidian Help
I am having the same issue. The footnotes do not work at all regardless of the view. The footnotes render properly but they do not change the focus. The text line [^1] just renders to 1 but does not link to the footnote reference. The reference [^1]: behaves as a link in that it changes the cursor to the hand but it does change focus.
This behavior occurs with and without community plugins.
Windows 10 Pro
Obsidian v1.5.8
Footnote number two and the named footnote, which weren’t showing up in reading view, were never referenced in the note text. I believe that this example in the docs is not a full example, but only shows the footnotes themselves - to illustrate various ways to format footnotes.
For a full example, those footnotes should also be referenced in the text:
This is not a bug. Live preview is still a line by line markdown editor and it won’t move footnotes to the bottom and reorder them if that is what you are asking.
Is there a way to quickly preview, or to quickly go to the corresponding footnote when reading a note? (being in preview mode)
I mean, if I see the [^1] within the note and I want to peek quickly what the footnote says without scrolling all the way down and then going back to the part I was reading. Do you know what’s the best way to do so?
This does not happen for me: ctrl + hover over a footnote’s in-text number has no discernible effect in live preview. (Neither with the default theme nor within the sandbox vault makes a difference.)
