Footnotes and Tooltips
- Marin Varvodic
Footnotes are superscript numbers (1) placed within the body of text and collected at the bottom of a page. They can be used for two things:
As a citation
As a provider of additional information.
A tooltip is a message that is displayed when a user hovers over or clicks on UI elements such as an icon, a highlighted word, or a button. Tooltips are short messages related to specific UI elements that provide additional explanations and guide users toward taking specific actions.
Include additional information without distracting the reader from the main text.
Try to keep the explanation message short and understanding. Using many and long tooltips can distract users from the main content.
Insert Tooltip and Footnotes
Please follow these steps to insert a Footnotes and Tooltips module on a Confluence page:
Open the page you want to edit, or create a new one.
In edit mode, click the ‘+' icon in the toolbar or press '/' on your keyboard to open the module menu.
Type "Footnotes" or "Tooltips" in the search bar and select Footnotes and Tooltips (by Optics) from the list to open a configuration dialogue.
In the configuration dialog, add content and select the display color.
Once you're happy with the setup, click Add to page to insert the module. To cancel, simply click Cancel, and the module won’t be added.
Footnotes Display Module
In edit mode, footnotes appear as an asterisk (*). The corresponding number is automatically added in view mode after the page is published. To display and organize all footnotes used on the page, the Footnotes Display module must be added.