Title: Link superscript footnotes to reference
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Link superscript footnotes to reference

 *  Resolved [EricaJennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericajennings/)
 * (@ericajennings)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-superscript-footnotes-to-reference/)
 * Hi! Great plugin. How do I restore the feature of clicking on the superscript
   footnote number and jumping down to the reference at the end of the post? Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Stefan Herndler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aricura/)
 * (@aricura)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-superscript-footnotes-to-reference/#post-5382094)
 * Hi Erica,
 * what happens when you click one of the footnotes superscript numbers?
 * Normally the page should move down to the reference container, expand it if collapsed
   and center the linked index in the reference container. (this happens using javascript)
 *  Thread Starter [EricaJennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericajennings/)
 * (@ericajennings)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-superscript-footnotes-to-reference/#post-5382101)
 * Hi Stefan,
 * It scrolls up a bit, but that’s it. See here: [http://gethealthyu.com/healthy-salsa-recipes/](http://gethealthyu.com/healthy-salsa-recipes/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Stefan Herndler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aricura/)
 * (@aricura)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-superscript-footnotes-to-reference/#post-5382104)
 * Hi Erica,
 * The superscripts moves down to the arrow in the reference container which has
   the same footnotes number as the superscript. In your case the arrow is invisible
   and receives another location as it normally has. This is the reason why your
   page scrolls up and not down to the reference container.
 * I have set the visibility of your arrow to “show” and the jump works correct.
 * As a fast fix I would remove the “display: none;” CSS to show the arrow and everything
   works fine.
    For the next release version I will move the anchor from the arrow
   to the footnotes text or index so you (and everybody else) can hide the arrow
   without getting an error.
 *  Thread Starter [EricaJennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericajennings/)
 * (@ericajennings)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-superscript-footnotes-to-reference/#post-5382106)
 * Thanks! I never would have figured that out. I appreciate the quick response.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Stefan Herndler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aricura/)
 * (@aricura)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-superscript-footnotes-to-reference/#post-5382192)
 * Hi Erica,
 * I have changed the link from the superscript down to the reference container.
   Now the superscripts links to the footnote number in the reference container 
   instead of to the arrow. With the latest version it is possible to hide the arrow
   without getting any other error.
 * As a notice: The arrow itself links back to the superscript. So if you hide the
   arrow, your users won’t have the ability to move back to the superscript.
 * If everything works fine, we would be happy about a review 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [EricaJennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericajennings/)
 * (@ericajennings)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-superscript-footnotes-to-reference/#post-5382246)
 * Thanks! I ended up using a non breaking space as the HTML character so it’s working
   great for me! Yes, I will add a review, thanks again for your responsiveness.

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 * Last reply from: [EricaJennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericajennings/)
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