Live Preview: Footnote hover preview doesn't work inside callouts

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a callout in a note.
  2. Place the cursor anywhere inside the callout and execute the Insert footnote command.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes

Expected result

In Live Preview mode, hovering the cursor over the footnote reference inside the callout should display a hover preview of the footnote’s content.

Actual result

In Live Preview mode, hovering over the footnote reference inside the callout fails to trigger the hover preview.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: 1.14.4
	Installer version: 1.14.3
	Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 27.0.0: Tue Aug 11 21:05:41 PDT 2026; root:xnu-13432.1.9~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8122 27.0.0
	Login status: logged in
	Language: en
	Catalyst license: insider
	Insider build toggle: on
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

Additional information

In the latest version of Obsidian, the working syntax for footnotes inside a callout is shown in Example A (注：记得在这里贴上你的示例代码A). When written as shown in Example A, the footnote renders and previews correctly in Live Preview mode.

I can think of two potential solutions for this issue:

  • Option 1: When executing the Insert footnote command inside a callout, insert the footnote definition directly within the callout block itself, rather than appending it to the very bottom of the note (i.e., changing the command’s output to match Example A).
  • Option 2: Allow hovering over a footnote reference inside a callout to properly preview the footnote content, even when the footnote definition is located at the bottom of the document (outside the callout).

Since these two approaches would have completely different impacts on the layout and placement of footnotes in Live Preview, I hope the team will carefully consider which approach makes the most sense.

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Appendix

Example A (working footnote)
##### Example A (working footnote)


> [!Warning]
> Your changes will not be saved, so please don't take actual notes in this vault.
> 
> test text - test text - test text - test text - test text [^1]
> 
> line break ----
> 
> test text - test text - test text ^[This is an inline footnote.]
> 
> [^1]: this is a footnote
> 
>
Example B (buggy footnote)

##### Example B (buggy footnote) Hovering doesn't trigger preview.




> [!Warning]
> Your changes will not be saved, so please don't take actual notes in this vault.
> 
> test text - test text - test text - test text - test text [^1]
> 
> line break ----
> 
> test text - test text - test text 
> 



[^1]: this is a footnote
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