[Resolved] HTML footnotes > back to text not working anymore > any idea?

[Christian]

Dear Support Team,

my HTML (without a plugin) footnotes do not bring me back to the textnote anymore. I used a HTML like:

For the Textnote

<sup><a id="ref1" class="textnote" title="BELIEBIGER TEXT ALS TOOLTIP" href="#fn1">[1]</a></sup>

For the Footnote

<sup id="fn1" class="footnote">[1] <a href="URL" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TEXT-FUßNOTE</a> |<a title="Zurück zum Text." href="#ref1"> ↑</a></sup>

For a year or so it worked flawlessly. In the last weeks the footnote-back-link (↑) does not bring me back to the text. It is like rejected.

A sample page would be: https://kanzeon.de/das-leiden-des-siddharta/
with a lot of textnotes/footnotes.

I disabled pretty much all plugins, also the smooth-scroll functionality of GGP: no change.

So my question is: Did you change anything in GGP that might explain the behavior – or do you have any idea what is going on?

Thank you for any input,
Best,
Chris

[David]

Hi there,

looks like you’re using the Scroll to ID plugin – do the links work correctly if you disable that ?

[Christian]

Hi David,

thank you for your fast reply.
The Scroll to ID plugin in fact is deactivated.
All caches are cleared.
I don’t know, why it is visible to you.

I just again cleared all caches.
Hope you have a better view now…

Thank you for any help,
Chris

[David]

Those links are now working for me. Can you clear the browser caches and test ?

[Christian]

Ok – I am completely puzzeled right now.
Having cleared all caches several times today.
NOW the jumping is working.

The Scroll to ID plugin has been a workaround for 1. Jump to ID :-)) and 2. to add an offset regarding my sticky navigation.

In this regard two follow up questions:

Is there a workaround meanwhile for GGP to add smooth-scroll to any link target (jumplinks)?
Is there a workaround for adding a top-offset without running into the “Scroll to ID” problems?

Sorry for the confusion with the disabled Scroll to ID plugin.

Best,
Chris

[David]

Caches are the bane of our lives 🙂

So the GP smooth scroll will offset for the Sticky Navigation.
And to save having to add the CSS Class to every link you can wildcard it for all <a> elements using the PHP snippet provided here:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_smooth_scroll_elements/

[Christian]

YES Caches are suc…

I will dive into the PHP snippet – and for now I think this ticket is resolved.

WOW – so so fast.
Thank you David.

Best,
Chris

[David]

Glad to be of help

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