# Ghost Markdown Shortcut for Footnote

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-markdown-shortcut-for-footnote/14160>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-markdown-shortcut-for-footnote/14160 "2020-05-07T22:09:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![eddie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/eddie/32/19153_2.png) [@eddie](https://forum.ghost.org/u/eddie)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-markdown-shortcut-for-footnote/14160/8 "2020-05-11T17:14:53Z")

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There are actually quite a few. Also a voting there 👇

> [@Footnote support in editor](https://forum.ghost.org/t/footnote-support-in-editor/1521):
>
> I like to use footnotes for links or citations in my blog posts. I make it work with the markdown editor and I’d like to see it added to the new editor, Koenig.

> <https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/9843>
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> \### Issue Summary
> With the last version of Ghost, the footnotes are being gener…ated by each section of markdown, and not by the entire post.
> For example, if you have a markdown section with a footnote reference, next, you have plain text (outside of a markdown section), and in the bottom, you have another markdown section with the footnote definition it'll not work.
> 
> However if the reference and the definition are in the same markdown section it works, but the definition will be rendered in the bottom of that markdown section like this:
> \<img width="917" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6843073/44961967-41cdad00-aed7-11e8-8bf2-6cc71d332ef4.png"\>
> As far as I understood, this is happening because these two markdown sections are not being compiled together, so the parser doesn't detect the reference nor the definition of the footnote 
> 
> 
> \### To Reproduce
> 1. Create a markdown section with a footnote reference
> 2. Add plain text outside of the markdown section
> 3. Create another markdown section with the footnote definition 
> \<img width="949" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6843073/44961885-d2a38900-aed5-11e8-93d9-d23cc8969e25.png"\>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> \### Technical details:
> \* Ghost Version: Docker 2.0.3
> \* Node Version: Docker 2.0.3
> \* Browser/OS: Docker 2.0.3
> \* Database: Docker 2.0.3

Well, looks like not that much, but it actually consider as a important, if not crucial, part of blogging. I’ve seen few blog wanna use reference but with bad “source” or “reference” implementation. Maybe because their current cms doesn’t support that. Ghost can fit that market. Usually blog that related to politics and current issue ; that of course require reference ; We both know why. Tech blog also use that, some if not all.

## About Contribution

I don’t think that Ghost core developer will approved this because you said it is not demanding and it is claimed [here](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)

> We generally **don’t merge new features** and larger changes **without prior discussion with the core product team for tech/design specification**.

I read that as small chance of approval as it is also not being approved in the prev forum post (above ☝ ) and here.

mentioned because no reply indicator, didn’t know why . @DavidDarnes

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