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Footnotes

Footnotes let you add references or side notes to your writing without cluttering the main text.

Writing Footnotes

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Use standard Markdown footnote syntax:

The study confirmed the hypothesis.[^1] Further work is needed.[^note]


[^1]: Smith et al., 2023, Journal of Examples.
[^note]: See the appendix for the full methodology.

Footnote IDs can be numbers or words. The definition can appear anywhere in the file — Foam finds it regardless of position.

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Hover over a footnote reference like [^1] to see its definition inline.

Press F12 (or Ctrl+Click / Cmd+Click) on a reference to jump to its definition in the file.

Appearance

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Footnote references are styled to match wikilinks — the ^id text is colored and the brackets are hidden. In Preview, VS Code renders footnotes natively.

Multiple References

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You can reference the same footnote more than once:

This point[^caveat] is elaborated elsewhere.[^caveat]


[^caveat]: See the companion article for full details.
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