I have a Beamer template with a vertical "ToC bar" along the right side. I have the problem that when I insert footnote citations (e.g. biblatex' \footfullcite), the resulting footnote protrudes into the ToC bar on the right.
This leads me to suspect that footnotes are typeset in a different "area" of a frame than the main content (since the main frame content does not "invade" the navigation bar).
How do I adjust the width of this footnote area so that long footnotes do not protrude into the ToC bar on the right?
[Tex/LaTex] How to adjust the width of Beamer’s footnote “area”
beamerfootnotes
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It's a very similar problem to this one
You need to use \footnotemark inside the block environment and \foocitetext{reese} immediately after it:
\begin{frame}{A frame}
\begin{block}{Classic theory}
As we already know from classic theory\footnotemark, ...
\begin{itemize}
\item Fact 1
\item Fact 2
\end{itemize}
\end{block}\footcitetext{reese}
Now there are some new developments\footcite{bertram} challenging the classic view.
\end{frame}
For your particular style, this basic idea can be incorporated into \sfcite. Here footnotes outside blocks are set using the \AfterEndEnvironment hook from the etoolbox package.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=numeric-comp,citetracker=true,sorting=none]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usetheme{Copenhagen}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\footfullcitetext}
[\let\thefootnote\relax\mkbibfootnotetext]
{\usebibmacro{prenote}}
{\mkbibbrackets{\thefield{labelnumber}}%
\addnbspace%
\usedriver
{\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{default}}
{\thefield{entrytype}}}
{\multicitedelim}
{\usebibmacro{postnote}}
\makeatletter
\let\cbx@citehook=\empty
\newtoggle{cbx@blockcite}
\renewcommand{\@makefntext}[1]{%
\noindent\normalfont\@thefnmark#1}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\sfcite}[\cbx@superscript]%
{\usebibmacro{cite:init}%
\let\multicitedelim=\supercitedelim
\iffieldundef{prenote}{}{\BibliographyWarning{Ignoring prenote argument}}%
\iffieldundef{postnote}{}{\BibliographyWarning{Ignoring postnote argument}}}
{\usebibmacro{citeindex}%
\ifciteseen
{\ifnumequal{\value{page}}{\csuse{cbx@page@\thefield{entrykey}}}
{}
{\ifnumequal{\value{framenumber}}{\csuse{cbx@frame@\thefield{entrykey}}}
{\usebibmacro{sfcite}}
{}}}
{\usebibmacro{sfcite}}%
\usebibmacro{cite:comp}}
{}
{\usebibmacro{cite:dump}}
\newbibmacro*{sfcite}{%
\csnumgdef{cbx@page@\thefield{entrykey}}{\value{page}}%
\csnumgdef{cbx@frame@\thefield{entrykey}}{\value{framenumber}}%
\xappto\cbx@citehook{%
\noexpand\footfullcitetext{\thefield{entrykey}}}}
\newrobustcmd*{\cbx@superscript}[1]{%
\mkbibsuperscript{\mkbibbrackets{#1}}%
\iftoggle{cbx@blockcite}
{}
{\cbx@citehook%
\global\let\cbx@citehook=\empty}}
\BeforeBeginEnvironment{block}{\global\toggletrue{cbx@blockcite}}
\def\metabox#1{\edef\theprevdepth{\the\prevdepth}\nointerlineskip
\vbox to0pt{#1\vss}\prevdepth=\theprevdepth}
\AfterEndEnvironment{block}
{\metabox{%
\global\togglefalse{cbx@blockcite}%
\cbx@citehook%
\global\let\cbx@citehook=\empty}}
\makeatother
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[b]{First Frame}
\begin{itemize}[<+->]
\item First citation.\sfcite{reese} Recurrent citation.\sfcite{reese}
\item Second citation.\sfcite{springer}
\item Recurrent citation.\sfcite{springer}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}[b]{Second Frame}
\begin{itemize}[<+->]
\item Third citation.\sfcite{glashow}
\item Recurrent citation.\sfcite{reese,springer,glashow}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Third frame}
\begin{block}{Block title}
Recurrent citation.\sfcite{reese} New citation.\sfcite{companion}
\end{block}
New citation.\sfcite{bertram}
Recurrent citation.\sfcite{bertram,companion}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
If you are willing to track footnotes manually, a simpler approach is preferable. Add only the following in your preamble:
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@makefnmark{\hbox{\@textsuperscript{\normalfont[\@thefnmark]}}}
\renewcommand\@makefntext[1]{{\normalfont[\@thefnmark]}\enspace #1}
\makeatother
\DeclareCiteCommand{\footfullcitetext}[\mkbibfootnotetext]
{\usebibmacro{prenote}}
{\usedriver
{\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{default}}
{\thefield{entrytype}}}
{\multicitedelim}
{\usebibmacro{postnote}}
Then input your frame as
\begin{frame}{A frame}
\begin{block}{Classic theory}
As we already know from classic theory\footnotemark\ ...
\begin{itemize}
\item Fact 1
\item Fact 2
\end{itemize}
\end{block}\footfullcitetext{reese}
Now there are some new developments\footfullcite{bertram} challenging the classic view.
\end{frame}
You don't need backend=bibtex with a current miktex.
This here works fine for me
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
Here is text \footfullcite{westfahl:space}. % this writes ref01 in footnote
Here is text \fullcite{westfahl:space}. % this writes ref01 in place
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Make sure that you compile pdflatex, biber, pdflatex, pdflatex. You will perhaps have to change the configuration of texniccenter so that is calls biber file.bcf or biber file instead of bibtex file.aux or bibtex file.
You should also check if your system is up-to-date. Run the update manager in admin and user mode.
Best Answer
OK, I seem to have found a solution that works, but I still think it might be a dirty hack... Inspired by lockstep's question cited in the comments, I gambled that this could be done using
\addtobeamertemplate{footnote}.I poked around Beamer's basic definitions and found
\newcommand<>\beamer@framefootnotetext[1]{...inbeamerbaseframecomponents.stywhere I found\hsize0.85\paperwidthwhich seems to define the footnote "area" width.So, I came up with the following solution:
where I have tweaked \beamerfoottmplength to the desired width.