[Tex/LaTex] Footnote to an item in a description environment

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It seems like it's not possible to put footnote inside a description list item.

For example in the following code first footnote appears at the bottom of the page, but the second – doesn't:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}

\begin{document}
    Text text text.\footnote{This footnote is working}
    \begin{description}
        \item[Label\footnote{This footnote is not working}] Some description
    \end{description}
\end{document}

Why it's not working this way? And is there any way to put footnote to a list item?

Best Answer

Use \footenotemark inside the item's optional argument and \footnotetext outside.

\documentclass{article}

\textheight=80pt% just for the example

\begin{document}

Text text text.\footnote{This footnote is working.}

\begin{description}
\item[Label\footnotemark]\footnotetext{This footnote is working, too.} Some description
\end{description}

\end{document}

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