# Nested mouseover notes can be entered but not shown

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-mouseover-notes-can-be-entered-but-not-shown/406501
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** footnote, fixed
**Created:** [July 1, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-mouseover-notes-can-be-entered-but-not-shown/406501 "2026-07-01T00:03:45Z")
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### Author: ![dreieck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dreieck/32/384333_2.png) [@dreieck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dreieck)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-mouseover-notes-can-be-entered-but-not-shown/406501/1 "2026-07-01T00:03:46Z")

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Ahoj,

Discourse can do nested mouseover notes:

```markdown
Hier ein Text^[eine Mouseover-Note^[eine Mouseover-Mouseover-Note].]

```

This is rendered as

> Hier ein Text\[1\]

When I go with the mouse on the “[1]”, I get a popup with the text “_eine Mouseover-Note[1]_”. The “[1]” within that popup is rendered in blue as well, but when I move the mouse on that the information hidden behind it is not shown.

I think this is a usability bug, because it suggests to the writing person that nested mouseover notes work, but in the end one is not able to reach the information behind the nested note.

Suggestions to solve it from a usability perspective:

- Make it such that nested mouseover notes are actually showing their content, or:

- Do not allow nesting – so that

Regards!

* * *

1. eine Mouseover-Note\[1\]. 

2. eine Mouseover-Note^[eine Mouseover-Mouseover-Note].

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