Help:Cite link labels

When automated footnotes are used on TechInfoDepot pages, the default form of the footnote labels is, , , etc. When grouped footnotes are used, the labels are , , etc., where name is the name given to the group. However, by using certain reserved group names, it is possible to make the labels appear in a different form, such as, , etc. or , , etc.

Currently existing reserved group names are:

For example, a footnote which is to appear in the i, ii, iii... group can be written as: To generate the list of the footnotes in that group, use for example
 * 

Further examples, technical information and instructions for creating new reserved groups can be found below.

Technical
Version r66749 of the extension implements the ability to create styles for the cite link labels. Although the ability to create in-text cite label styles is unlimited, the matching reference list label styles are currently limited to those supported by the CSS list-style-type property and to browser support.

Numeric labels
The default in-text cite links and reference list backlinks use numeric labels automatically generated by the software. The labels are linked to provide a connection between the in-text cite and the reference list cite.

In this example, the super-scripted, in-text cites use a numeric label that matches the citation in the reference list:

{{markup but the Moon is not so big. The Sun is also quite hot.
 * The Sun is pretty big,