Hi there

I have been asked to add a link back to the table of contents, on the footer of each page.

Is that possible?

Thanks

Matt

Yes, you can use "running elements" to have links in margin areas.

https://css4.pub/2024/running-headers/#running-elements

Code snippets from the example on that page:

@page{
    @top-right {
        content: element(header);
    }
}

div.math {
  position: running(header);
}
...

<div class=math>The <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_solving>solution</a> is: <math><msqrt><mi>x</mi></msqrt></math></div>

Edited 17 Dec 2025 by howcome

Thanks for replying!

Apologies, but I realise now that I did not word my post very clearly.

It is the link to the TOC that I unsure about. I think I'm okay with adding a link to the footer.

As our TOC is automatically generated on publication, I'm not sure how to point the href to the TOC page.

You can do:

<div id=toc>
[automatically generated toc]
</div>

<div class=footer><a href=#toc>link to toc</a></div>

Here's a guide to generating ToCs automatically:

https://css4.pub/2024/toc

Edited 18 Dec 2025 by howcome