[Tex/LaTex] autoref for subsection

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When I use autoref for subsection, I want the in-text to be section 1.1 instead of subsection 1.1. How to do that. I tried to write it with ref as:

section \ref{sec:subsection}

But the problem is that I want my references to be clickable (using hyperref) and with ref the word section becomes un-clickable (only the number portion) while with autoref the whole word section 1.1 becomes clickable. Can you help?

\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\title{Title Here}

\begin{abstract}
Abstract here.
\end{abstract}

\maketitle
\section{First}\label{sec:section}
\subsection{Sub}\label{sec:subsection}
\autoref{sec:section} and \autoref{sec:subsection}
\end{document}

Best Answer

Just put like this below:

\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\def\subsectionautorefname{section}
\begin{document}
\title{Title Here}

\begin{abstract}
Abstract here.
\end{abstract}

\maketitle
\section{First}\label{sec:section}
\subsection{Sub}\label{sec:subsection}
\autoref{sec:section} and \autoref{sec:subsection}
\end{document}

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When you use the starred version the reference counter is not updated. If you don't want numbering below subsection, just change the secnumdepth counter. The following code demonstrates this:

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You should use label{...}.

Best practice is to prefix the key with something like sec: or section. and not use the section number as key, but an abbreviated version of the headline or content description.

I guess there is some internal referencing system (1) you could hijack, but I wouldn't recommend it. The internal referencing most probably uses the section numbers as keys.(2) So if you add a section in front or shuffle the sections around otherwise you would have to change the references in order to get them right again. Something which you tried to avoid in the first place.

(1) Recently deleted sections still listed in the TOC are clickable, but the link is dead.
So the target has to be present as anchor to be discovered by the client, and was not saved as coordinates.

(2) Two sections with the same headlines impose no problems.

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