How to remove footnote separator underneath table

Question

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\begin{tabular}{@{}lrr@{}}
\toprule
A    & B     & C     \\ \midrule
Text & 123   & 123   \\
Text & 123\footnote{An interesting footnote.} & 123 \\
Text & 123   & 123   \\ \midrule
Text & 12345 & 12345 \\ \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Result of MWE.

I am using the footmisc package to insert footnotes in tables. It shows my footnotes under the tables as desired but the usual footnote separator feels redundant following the booktabs style bottom rule.

Is there a way to disable the footnote separator in these cases only while leaving them intact for the rest of the document?

I know \usepackage[norule]{footmisc} turns them off altogether, but I only need to remove them underneath tables.

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '15 at 23:02

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\renewcommand\footnoterule{}
\begin{tabular}{@{}lrr@{}}
\toprule
A    & B     & C     \\ \midrule
Text & 123   & 123   \\
Text & 123\footnote{An interesting footnote.} & 123 \\
Text & 123   & 123   \\ \midrule
Text & 12345 & 12345 \\ \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}

test\footnote{An interesting footnote.}
\end{document}

answered Feb 01 '15 at 23:02

touhami

19,520

Solves it perfectly! – P. de Rijke Feb 01 '15 at 23:04
If you are looking to keep arabic numbering too, just add \renewcommand{\thempfootnote}{\arabic{mpfootnote}}. – Vincent Krebs Apr 01 '22 at 11:50

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

A more automatic solution, not requiring adding code inside each applicable minipage.

The \InFloat test is borrowed from How can I detect if I'm inside or outside of a float environment?

This renews the \footnoterule command after the end of a tabular only if it's inside a floating environment.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\InFloat[2]{\@ifundefined{@captype}{#2}{#1}}
\makeatother
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\AfterEndEnvironment{tabular}{\InFloat{\renewcommand\footnoterule{}}{}}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\begin{tabular}{@{}lrr@{}}
\toprule
A    & B     & C     \\ \midrule
Text & 123   & 123   \\
Text & 123\footnote{An interesting footnote.} & 123 \\
Text & 123   & 123   \\ \midrule
Text & 12345 & 12345 \\ \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}

Test.\footnote{An interesting footnote.}

\bigskip

\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
Test.\footnote{An interesting footnote.}
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '20 at 03:58

Another option is to let \endminipage redefine the rule. This does affect all minipages of course but I deem this to be the typical use case anyway.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}

\let\oldendminipage\endminipage
\def\endminipage{\let\footnoterule\relax\oldendminipage}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\begin{tabular}{@{}lrr@{}}
\toprule
A    & B     & C     \\ \midrule
Text & 123   & 123   \\
Text & 123\footnote{An interesting footnote.} & 123 \\
Text & 123   & 123   \\ \midrule
Text & 12345 & 12345 \\ \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}

Test.\footnote{An interesting footnote.}

\bigskip

\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
Test.\footnote{An interesting footnote.}
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

How to remove footnote separator underneath table

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