Re: [Textbook-l] disappearing/reappearing column-side notes

Here is a technical question: in the same way that the table of contents feature can be opened and collapsed with a click apparently wihout reloading the whole page (which IMHO is a very cool feature !), could we have collapseable notes for the edge of a document ? I am talking in reference to the idea put forth by Mav to have two columns on some pages with a text on one side and notes about that text next to it in a second column. Could we have a tiny link nested right in the main text that would expand a box on the side of the page, revealing a note relevent to the text ? This would be a great feature for Shakespeare plays with tons of side notes and comments, or even in a textbook where there are bunches of semi-relevent semi-tangental comments that could add to the understanding of a subject .. having the dialog boxes makes them easily available without having to go to a whole new page and back while still communicating that it is a secondary idea and giving the reader the choice of skipping them. Having them open and close means that 1. They are not cluttering up the whole page and 2. you can fit a bunch of them in a small space for those times when you need to.