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metropolis (beamer): \footnote "wastes" too much space

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Dr. Manuel Kuehner

Related follow-up question: https://topanswers.xyz/tex?q=2047

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* I like the `metropolis` theme for `beamer`.
* **Problem:** In the default setting, the footnote is placed relatively prominment in the normal text area.
* **Question:** Can the footnotes be placed in a way that the normal text area is not used/accupied?

```
\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{metropolis}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc\footnote{Footnote text.}
\end{frame} 

\end{document}`
```

![dsds_1.jpg](/image?hash=192b97ef156db15ed0068539cb071643967731138b83986c112ebf8f57be85ca)

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Edit after comments

```
\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme[progressbar = foot]{metropolis}

% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/577201
\makeatletter
\setlength{\metropolis@titleseparator@linewidth}{2pt}
\setlength{\metropolis@progressonsectionpage@linewidth}{2pt}
\setlength{\metropolis@progressinheadfoot@linewidth}{4pt}
\makeatother

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{\usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}\usebeamercolor{page number in head/foot}\usebeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}}
\setbeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}[framenumber]

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc\footnote{Footnote text.}
\end{frame} 

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc\footnote{Footnote text.}
\end{frame} 

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc\footnote{Footnote text.}
\end{frame} 

\end{document}`
```

Top Answer

samcarter

The footnote is placed as far down as it can possible go. The problem is that metropolis uses a very tall footline -- you can see it if you switch the background colour:

![Screenshot 2022-06-18 at 22.25.11.png](/image?hash=cfdc6f9a58f6b48b217f9a04ac1d8ab63d7a4093a1df2be2cd6d8264bc80b1cb)

If you don't like to waste this much space, I suggest to disable the footline of the metropolis theme. Instead you could use one of the default footlines of beamer, which occupy much less space, or you could find another place for the framenumber:

```
\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{metropolis}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{\usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}\usebeamercolor{page number in head/foot}\usebeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}}
\setbeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}[framenumber]

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc\footnote{Footnote text.}
\end{frame} 

\end{document}
```


![Screenshot 2022-06-18 at 22.30.14.png](/image?hash=1bda5b22739aebeb4064e81fdc3b40a9ca67d494afdbfc73d291aa25045c1cd6)

Answer #2

samcarter

Different approach:

one could redefine the footline so that the page number does not take vertical space (caveat: if you fill your slide with text until the very end of the last line, it might overlap with the page number)

```
\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{metropolis}

\makeatletter
\setlength{\metropolis@titleseparator@linewidth}{2pt}
\setlength{\metropolis@progressonsectionpage@linewidth}{2pt}
\setlength{\metropolis@progressinheadfoot@linewidth}{4pt}
\makeatother

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
  \hfill\smash{\usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}\usebeamercolor[fg]{page number in head/foot}\raisebox{0.1cm}{\usebeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}}~}

  \usebeamertemplate*{progress bar in head/foot}%
}

\setbeamercolor{page number in head/foot}{fg=gray}
\setbeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}[framenumber]

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc\footnote{Footnote text.}
\end{frame} 

\begin{frame}
content...
\end{frame}

\end{document}
```

![Screenshot 2022-06-24 at 17.16.58.png](/image?hash=3db4d4602c750156d7282f3dea7fcf14e16c4e5a31af9f83000618726eb0fc03)

Code formatting in comments can be done like this: ```` ``` code ``` ```` (either prepare the code with the fences around it in an editor of your choice or insert the new lines with shift+enter)

Here is your progress back: ``` \documentclass{beamer} \usetheme{metropolis} \makeatletter \setlength{\metropolis@titleseparator@linewidth}{2pt} \setlength{\metropolis@progressonsectionpage@linewidth}{2pt} \setlength{\metropolis@progressinheadfoot@linewidth}{4pt} \makeatother \setbeamertemplate{footline}{% \usebeamertemplate*{progress bar in head/foot}% } \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{\usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}\usebeamercolor{page number in head/foot}\usebeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}} \setbeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}[framenumber] \begin{document} \begin{frame} \frametitle{blub} abc\footnote{Footnote text.} \end{frame} \begin{frame} content... \end{frame} \end{document}` ```

% https://topanswers.xyz/tex?q=2042 \documentclass{beamer} \usetheme[progressbar = foot]{metropolis} % https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/577201 \makeatletter \setlength{\metropolis@titleseparator@linewidth}{2pt} \setlength{\metropolis@progressonsectionpage@linewidth}{2pt} \setlength{\metropolis@progressinheadfoot@linewidth}{4pt} \makeatother \setbeamertemplate{footline}{} \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{\usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}\usebeamercolor{page number in head/foot}\usebeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}} \setbeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}[framenumber] \begin{document} \begin{frame} \frametitle{blub} abc\footnote{Footnote text.} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{blub} abc\footnote{Footnote text.} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{blub} abc\footnote{Footnote text.} \end{frame} \end{document}

The footnote is placed at very bottom of the text area, the problem is rather that metropolis uses an extremely tall footline: ``` \documentclass{beamer} \usetheme{metropolis} \setbeamercolor{footline}{bg=red} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \frametitle{blub} abc\footnote{Footnote text.} \end{frame} \end{document}` ```

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