---
title: Footnotes
description: Use footnotes to display contextual information and cite sources in the page content.
keywords: ['content', 'footnotes', 'citations', 'contextual information']
ready: true
source: https://github.com/primer/brand/blob/main/packages/react/src/Footnotes/Footnotes.tsx
storybook: '/brand/storybook/?path=/story/components-footnotes--default'
---

```js
import {Footnotes} from '@primer/react-brand'
```

## Examples

### Default

```jsx
<Footnotes>
  <Footnotes.Item>
    "Automating your workflow with GitHub Actions," GitHub Docs{' '}
    <InlineLink href="https://docs.github.com/en/actions">https://docs.github.com/en/actions</InlineLink>.
  </Footnotes.Item>
  <Footnotes.Item>
    "About Issues," GitHub Docs{' '}
    <InlineLink href="https://docs.github.com/en/issues">https://docs.github.com/en/issues</InlineLink>.
  </Footnotes.Item>
  <Footnotes.Item>
    "GitHub Copilot: Your AI pair programmer," GitHub{' '}
    <InlineLink href="https://github.com/features/copilot/">https://github.com/features/copilot/</InlineLink>.
  </Footnotes.Item>
  <Footnotes.Item>
    "Explore the GitHub Marketplace," GitHub Docs{' '}
    <InlineLink href="https://github.com/marketplace">https://github.com/marketplace</InlineLink>.
  </Footnotes.Item>
  <Footnotes.Item>
    "GitHub Pages basics," GitHub Docs{' '}
    <InlineLink href="https://docs.github.com/en/pages">https://docs.github.com/en/pages</InlineLink>.
  </Footnotes.Item>
</Footnotes>
```

### Paragraphs

```jsx
<Footnotes as="div">
  <Footnotes.Item>
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean non facilisis tortor. Pellentesque rhoncus blandit
    posuere. Sed eget mi finibus, fermentum turpis vitae, eleifend dolor. Maecenas viverra neque at cursus faucibus. Nam
    tempus enim quis augue pulvinar finibus. Integer accumsan turpis eget mauris pretium, non dapibus orci cursus. Ut in
    sollicitudin dui, eu tincidunt nunc. Donec ut placerat ex. In ullamcorper nibh eu sapien convallis bibendum. Sed
    diam leo, rhoncus non viverra nec, ullamcorper quis arcu.
  </Footnotes.Item>
  <Footnotes.Item>
    Etiam scelerisque turpis at massa pellentesque, ut pretium lorem iaculis. Pellentesque feugiat nisi quis viverra
    posuere. Integer eu pulvinar ligula, lacinia sollicitudin libero. Etiam in cursus lacus, vitae vestibulum elit.
    Fusce quis purus a urna placerat dignissim non id lectus. Suspendisse malesuada nisi eget nibh tempus, et
    sollicitudin tortor posuere. Fusce id consectetur purus, sit amet faucibus orci. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
    consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus sollicitudin nisl vel felis tempor, quis porttitor diam elementum. Integer
    vel enim eget urna ullamcorper euismod eget quis nisl. Pellentesque nec erat tincidunt, dignissim ligula ut,
    consectetur lectus. Sed scelerisque urna maximus varius mollis. Ut dictum sed nibh id fermentum. Ut hendrerit
    accumsan tortor, eu tincidunt mauris blandit in. Suspendisse ut velit in felis molestie euismod. Nam vitae dui a
    justo lacinia semper.
  </Footnotes.Item>
</Footnotes>
```

### Citations with return links

When linking to `Footnotes` via a citation, ensure that the touch target is large enough to be easily clickable.

```jsx
<Stack>
  <River>
    <River.Visual>
      <img src="/images/placeholder.png" alt="placeholder, blank area with a gray background color" />
    </River.Visual>
    <River.Content
      trailingComponent={() => (
        <Box marginBlockStart={24} paddingBlockStart={24}>
          <Heading as="h4" size="3">
            17,000+
          </Heading>
          <Text as="p" size="300" weight="light" variant="muted">
            Third-party tools support your favorite languages and frameworks{' '}
            <Text size="100" weight="light">
              <sup>
                <InlineLink
                  href="#economic-impact"
                  id="economic-impact-ref"
                  style={{display: 'inline-block', minWidth: 'var(--base-size-12)', minHeight: 'var(--base-size-24)'}}
                >
                  1
                </InlineLink>
              </sup>
            </Text>
          </Text>
        </Box>
      )}
    >
      <Heading size="5" as="h3" weight="medium">
        Leverage the industry&apos;s most flexible secure development platform.
      </Heading>
    </River.Content>
  </River>
  <River>
    <River.Visual>
      <img src="/images/placeholder.png" alt="placeholder, blank area with a gray background color" />
    </River.Visual>
    <River.Content>
      <Heading size="5" as="h3" weight="medium">
        Unlocking innovation at scale with AI-driven software development.
      </Heading>
      <Text as="p" size="200" weight="light" variant="muted">
        The most widely adopted AI developer tool.{' '}
        <Text size="100" weight="light">
          <sup>
            <InlineLink
              href="#ai"
              id="ai-ref"
              style={{display: 'inline-block', minWidth: 'var(--base-size-12)', minHeight: 'var(--base-size-24)'}}
            >
              2
            </InlineLink>
          </sup>
        </Text>
      </Text>
    </River.Content>
  </River>

  <Footnotes>
    <Footnotes.Item id="economic-impact" href="#economic-impact-ref">
      There are now 100 million developers around the world using GitHub.{' '}
    </Footnotes.Item>
    <Footnotes.Item id="ai" href="#ai-ref">
      This factor is based on data from the industry&apos;s <InlineLink href="#">longest running analysis</InlineLink>{' '}
      by Acme Corp.
    </Footnotes.Item>
  </Footnotes>
</Stack>
```

## Component props

### Footnotes `Required`

| name                    | type            | default       | required | description                                                  |
| ----------------------- | --------------- | ------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `as`                    | `'ol' \| 'div'` | `'ol'`        | `false`  | Determines the underlying HTML element                       |
| `visuallyHiddenHeading` | `string`        | `'Footnotes'` | `false`  | Visually hidden title, which introduces the footnote content |

### Footnotes.Item `Required`

| name   | type     | default | required | description                                                                   |
| ------ | -------- | ------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `href` | `string` |         | `false`  | Applies a return URL icon to the original content attributed to this citation |
