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| 2026-05-20T12:23:54-0400 | 2026-05-20 12:23:54 | 2026-05-20 |
2026-05-20 12:23:54
Footnotes as Sidenotes for Obsidian
I've recently switched to using
Editor > Display > Readable Line Length
and have been enjoying the change,
however I'm left with a lot of real estate in the viewport.
An unrelated problem,
I really don't love using the reading view and find it difficult to recommend
because it puts [^n] style footnotes at the bottom of the page.
I use footnotes liberally to include extra context
and information that interests me
while still maintaining a strong central narrative
which only includes what is strictly necessary to understand the subject.
My favorite way to present such asides is in the margin, right next to the reference.1 While the obsidian core plugin Footnotes View can almost emulate the desired appearance, the text is redundant when in the editing view.
No existing community plugin implements the desired behavior. Cornell Marginalia is close, but it uses new syntax rather than footnotes and is bloated, buggy, and not fully translated. Eventually I should take a crack at it.