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Footnotes in a page have global #id identifiers; this means that any one answer's footnote (like this[1]) will go to the matching footnote for the first question/answer shown when scrolling. (Lemma...
#2: Question closed
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trichoplax
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2025-05-31T10:55:35Z (4 days ago)
#1: Initial revision
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hydroxyl-radical
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2025-05-31T05:19:44Z (4 days ago)
Footnote element ID selectors are global per page
Footnotes in a page have global #id identifiers; this means that any one answer's footnote (like this[^1]) will go to the matching footnote for the first question/answer shown when scrolling. (Lemma: multiple HTML elements may have the same ID, currently `#fn1` goes to the footnote and `#fnref1` back to the text) For example, go to [this question (sorted by score)](https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/292347?sort=score) on Code Golf Codidact Meta and go to the heading titled "Anonymous function". Clicking the footnote tag will take you to an earlier answer's footnote instead of the footnote for that answer. Similarly, going back to the text from the footnote can send you to other questions/answers. [^1]: for reference, this is a footnote