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More than two entries with \footcites
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Description
If using \footcites for more than two entries, the third and further will be underlined red and intellisense is gone. But it compiles still.

Environment
- TeXstudio: 4.2.2
- Qt: 6.2.3
- OS: Windows 11 Pro
- TeX distribution: miketex
Expected behavior
No red underline and intellisense after the second entry.
Actual behavior
Red underline and no intellisense after the second entry.
How to reproduce
Just make a \footcites with more than two entries.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in TeXstudio 4.2.2 on Windows with a \footcites command containing more than two entries. Compare the editor's red underline and intellisense behavior after the second entry with the expected behavior, and confirm completion when additional entries are present.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, latex
- Domain
- desktop, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100