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id: 2026-05-20T12:23:54-0400
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title: 2026-05-20 12:23:54
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tags: []
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daily: "[[2026-05-20]]"
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# 2026-05-20 12:23:54
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## Footnotes as Sidenotes for Obsidian
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I've recently switched to using
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`Editor > Display > Readable Line Length`
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and have been enjoying the change,
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however I'm left with a lot of real estate in the viewport.
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An unrelated problem,
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I really don't love using the reading view and find it difficult to recommend
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because it puts `[^n]` style footnotes at the bottom of the page.
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I use footnotes liberally to include extra context
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and information that interests me
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while still maintaining a strong central narrative
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which only includes what is strictly necessary to understand the subject.
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My favorite way to present such asides
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is in the margin, right next to the reference.[^1]
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While the [[obsidian]] core plugin Footnotes View
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can almost emulate the desired appearance,
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the text is redundant when in the editing view.
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[^1]: See [My hobby: running deranged surveys --- LessWrong](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fQz6afpcZhdMdYzgE/my-hobby-running-deranged-surveys).
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No existing community plugin implements the desired behavior.
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Cornell Marginalia is close,
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but it uses new syntax rather than footnotes
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and is bloated, buggy, and not fully translated.
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Eventually I should take a crack at it.
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### Resources
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* [Sidenotes In Web Design · Gwern.net](https://gwern.net/sidenote)
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* [Implementing Pure CSS Sidenotes for a Blog • Hey!👏Lyle!](https://heylyle.com/en/posts/only-css-sidenotes/)
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* [What HTML element for semantic sidenotes? --- Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57272564/what-html-element-for-semantic-sidenotes)
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