# Footnotes are not horizontally scrollable, yet their CSS does not force \`white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\`

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**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** footnote
**Created:** [25 oktober 2025 om 12:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnotes-are-not-horizontally-scrollable-yet-their-css-does-not-force-white-space-pre-wrap-word-wrap-break-word/386727 "2025-10-25T12:15:03Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [27 oktober 2025 om 21:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnotes-are-not-horizontally-scrollable-yet-their-css-does-not-force-white-space-pre-wrap-word-wrap-break-word/386727/5 "2025-10-27T21:06:28Z")

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Unrelated to the OP issue, I noticed Sam’s example is a bit odd with an image positioning… can improve this too

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/2/8/728375eac5123a9efb609b63b74757b3b86b571c.png)

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