docs/user/features/footnotes.md
Footnotes let you add references or side notes to your writing without cluttering the main text.
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.
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.
Footnote references are styled to match wikilinks — the ^id text is colored and the brackets are hidden. In Preview, VS Code renders footnotes natively.
You can reference the same footnote more than once:
This point[^caveat] is elaborated elsewhere.[^caveat]
[^caveat]: See the companion article for full details.