# Documenter: I'm not seeing the "link to source" buttons in my local docs build, how can I?

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**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-im-not-seeing-the-link-to-source-buttons-in-my-local-docs-build-how-can-i/66823 "2021-08-23T01:39:23Z")\
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Hello!  
I’m building some docs locally, and I noticed that I do not have the “source” button appearing when I try to hover over docstrings in the docs. (See below for an image of such “source” buttons).

Does anyone know why I don’t see any of these “source” hover buttons? How might I can locally-build my docs to make sure they appear?

![screenshot showing light blue source button in lower right hand corner](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/5/85bd933e63a74b5f7cc236f8183e0bf3432996e4.png)

**Here are the steps I’m taking.**

1. Download the repo
2. Go to `/docs/`
3. Activate the current environment, and instantiate it
4. run `make.jl`
5. Open up the generated file at `/docs/build/index.html` in an internet browser (e.g. Firefox)
6. Go/navigate to a function docstring
7. Try to hover mouse over the function docstring, and see if “source” button appears

Things I’ve tried:

- I even confirmed in the HTML source code of the locally-generated docs pages that I do not have any mention of `docs-sourcelink` (the HTML class used for such elements in the docs).
- I’ve updated to `Documenter 0.27.5` but still the same behavior.
- Tried to set `prettyurls = true` and rerun making the docs.
- Tried to use `LiveServer.jl` to serve the docs on a local web server/port
- Tried to search the Documenter.jl docs/source code for this, but didn’t find anything explaining how to locally build docs
- Replicated the same sort of behavior when I try to locally build docs for Luxor.jl

I’m still not sure why this happens, and how I can build docs locally in a way that I can get the “source” buttons.

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Here is an example link from Luxor showing that “source” button:  
[http://juliagraphics.github.io/Luxor.jl/stable/reference/api/#Luxor.origin-Tuple{Any}](http://juliagraphics.github.io/Luxor.jl/stable/reference/api/#Luxor.origin-Tuple%7BAny%7D)

In that page, you will be able to find the following `docs-sourcelink` in the HTML:

```julia
<a class="docs-sourcelink" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/Luxor.jl/blob/de73977e3898ac0d221f7e958a1454cb6b00c730/src/basics.jl#L19-L23">source</a>

```