Footnotes value spacing (# spacing in text vs block)

[sdcinvan]

Hello all,

I have some breathing room to work on some documentation fine tuning. This one has bothered me for some time.

In order to place a space between the footnote number and the footnote comments, I needed to add a space after {n} in, mc-footnote-format: '{n} ';
However, this space also adds a space after the footnote value within the documentation.

Is there any way to independently control the spacing between footnote values?

Footnote_values_spacing_revisited.png

I would also like to independently control the font of the footnote value. Currently, I cannot change the footnote value in the block comments section without affecting the footnote value font in the document body. Additionally, I want to include a period after each footnote number before each footnote comment.

Thank you

[ChoccieMuffin]

It's a bit of a fudge, but if you get no further suggestions could you start your footnotes with a non-breaking space, so the space separates the number and the comment, but not the number from the following punctuation in the body of the topic?

I notice that there are three "footnote" styles in a typical stylesheet: footnote, footnoteBlock and footnotesBlock. I suspect you've missed the font question in one or other of those. I suggest you make a really drastic change to the font colour in each of those so you can at least identify which style controls the first number. That might help you to trace where you can make changes.

[sdcinvan]

It's a bit of a fudge, but if you get no further suggestions could you start your footnotes with a non-breaking space, so the space separates the number and the comment, but not the number from the following punctuation in the body of the topic?

It is a fudge but thanks for the suggestion. The problem with doing that, however, is that multi-line footnote comments will not align.

I notice that there are three "footnote" styles in a typical stylesheet: footnote, footnoteBlock and footnotesBlock. I suspect you've missed the font question in one or other of those. I suggest you make a really drastic change to the font colour in each of those so you can at least identify which style controls the first number. That might help you to trace where you can make changes.

Interesting idea. I'll test that and report back.