[Tex/LaTex] how to print the \sectionautorefname with autoref, but without hyper-linking the \sectionautorefname

autorefhyperrefsectioning

EDIT: @Faekynn and @Mico you are right that the starred version disable the hyperlinkification, but is it possible to disable it only for the \sectionautorefname, but still keep it for the section number ?

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how to have the feature of autoref, that is to say printing the sectionautorefname+ section number but without a hyper-link for the sectionautorefname.

It must work for the other sectionning units.

Best Answer

If the hyperref package is loaded, use the "starred" versions of various cross-referencing macros -- \autoref*, \ref*, etc. -- if you don't want to create hyperlinks.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\section{First}  \label{sec:first}
\subsection{abc} \label{subsec:abc}
\subsection{xyz} \label{subsec:xyz}

As argued in \autoref{subsec:abc}, \dots  % hyperlink is created

\medskip\noindent
As argued in \autoref*{subsec:xyz}, \dots % hyperlink is not created
\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] \autoref should call sections within the appendix “appendix” not “section”

I assume you're using a class that includes the \chapter command (e.g. book or report). In that case, within the appendix \autoref will refer to chapters as "Appendix", but to sections still as "section" (contrary to the article class, where sections would constitute an "Appendix"). Solution: (EDIT: My first "solution" was very ill-advised) Load cleveref after hyperref and use \cref instead of \autoref. (Yes, the links won't be as pretty as before.)

\documentclass{report}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{cleveref}% Load AFTER hyperref!

% \crefname{subappendix}{fairy tale}{fairy tales}

\begin{document}

\chapter{bla}\label{bla}

\section{blubb}\label{blubb}

As shown in \cref{foo} and especially in \cref{bar} \dots

\appendix

\chapter{foo}\label{foo}

\section{bar}\label{bar}

As shown in \cref{bla} and especially in \cref{blubb} \dots

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] \autoref with links that include only the number, but not the text, and have counter-dependent colors

A solution with hyperref. Here, the link references are colored and the link borders are invisible. For the link references to be black but the link borders to be colored (as requested in the original question), simply remove the colorlinks option of package hyperref (e.g. by adding a % before colorlinks).

\documentclass{memoir}
  \setsecnumdepth{subsubsection}
\usepackage{xparse}
  % for \RenewDocumentCommand and \IfValueTF (for handling the optional argument)
\usepackage{xifthen} % for \isempty (testing whether the optional argument is empty)
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage[
  colorlinks % comment this line out for colored boxes around the link numbers
]{hyperref}

\usepackage{letltxmacro}
\usepackage{refcount}

\makeatletter
\LetLtxMacro\org@autoref\autoref % "org" stands for "original"
\RenewDocumentCommand{\autoref}{o m}{%
  % test 1: reference defined?
  \@ifundefined{r@#2}{%
    \org@autoref{#2}%
  }{%
    \begingroup
      \def\ar@next{\org@autoref{#2}}%
      % test 2: anchor available?
      \edef\ar@anchor{\getrefbykeydefault{#2}{anchor}{}}%
      \ifx\ar@anchor\@empty
      \else
        % test 3: counter part extractable from anchor name?
        \expandafter\ar@getcounter\ar@anchor.\@nil
        \ifx\ar@counter\ar@dot
        \else
          % test 4: color defined?
          \@ifundefined{\ar@counter autorefcolor}{%
            \def\ar@next{\IfValueTF{#1}{%
              \ifthenelse{\isempty{#1}}{\ref{#2}}{#1~\ref{#2}}%
            }{\ar@autoref{#2}}}%
          }{%
            \def\ar@next{%
              \hypersetup{%
                linkcolor=\csname\ar@counter autorefcolor\endcsname,%
                linkbordercolor=\csname\ar@counter autorefcolor\endcsname
              }%
              \IfValueTF{#1}{%
                \ifthenelse{\isempty{#1}}{\ref{#2}}{#1~\ref{#2}}%
              }{\ar@autoref{#2}}%
            }%
          }%
        \fi
      \fi
      \ar@next
    \endgroup
  }%
}
\def\ar@getcounter#1.#2\@nil{%
  \def\ar@counter{#1}%
}
\newcommand*{\ar@dot}{.}
\newcommand*{\ar@autoref}[1]{%
  \@ifundefined{\ar@counter autorefname}{%
    \@ifundefined{\ar@counter name}{%
    }{%
      \@nameuse{\ar@counter name}~%
    }%
  }{%
    \@nameuse{\ar@counter autorefname}~%
  }%
  \ref{#1}%
}
\newcommand*{\setautorefcolor}[2]{%
  \@namedef{#1autorefcolor}{#2}%
}
\makeatother

\setautorefcolor{chapter}{PineGreen}
\setautorefcolor{section}{ForestGreen}
\setautorefcolor{subsection}{LimeGreen}
\setautorefcolor{table}{violet}
\setautorefcolor{figure}{Mulberry}

\renewcommand*{\tableautorefname}{table}
\renewcommand*{\figureautorefname}{figure}

\begin{document}

\chapter{The only chapter}
\label{theonlychapter}

Text.

\begin{table}
\caption{The only table\label{theonlytable}}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{lll}
  1 & 2 & 3 \\
  4 & 5 & 6 \\
  7 & 8 & 9 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}
\caption{The only figure\label{theonlyfigure}}
\centering
A figure.
\end{figure}

\begin{equation}
E=mc^2\label{eq}
\end{equation}

\section{The only section}
\label{theonlysection}

Text.

\subsection{The only subsection}
\label{theonlysubsection}

{
  \parindent0pt % disablement of paragraph indentation
  \setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip} % empty lines between paragraphs

Text.

See \autoref{theonlychapter}. See \autoref{theonlysection}. See
\autoref{theonlysubsection}.\\
See \autoref{theonlytable}. See \autoref{theonlyfigure}.
See \autoref{eq}.

See \autoref[customtext]{theonlychapter}. See \autoref[customtext]{theonlysection}. See
\autoref[customtext]{theonlysubsection}.\\
See \autoref[customtext]{theonlytable}. See \autoref[customtext]{theonlyfigure}.
See \autoref[customtext]{eq}.

See \autoref[parts]{theonlysection} and especially \autoref[]{theonlysubsection} of
this text.

colors: \textcolor{PineGreen}{chapter}, \textcolor{ForestGreen}{section},
\textcolor{LimeGreen}{subsection}, \textcolor{Violet}{table},
\textcolor{Mulberry}{figure}, \textcolor{red}{equation}.

}

\end{document}

Modifying the counter descriptor

The original \autoref does not support capitalization or plural forms. Two solutions are given here:

1. A manual workaround

The color settings can be specified inside a group, e.g.:

\documentclass{memoir}                                                         
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\newcommand*{\tableref}[1]{%
  \begingroup
    \hypersetup{linkbordercolor=violet}%
    \ref{#1}%
  \endgroup
}

\begin{document}
Tables \tableref{one} and \tableref{two}.

\begin{table}
\caption{First caption}\label{one}
\caption{Second caption}\label{two}
\end{table}
\end{document}

2. Building this into `\autoref`

The \autoref command (as defined above) accepts an optional argument specifying the link text directly. Its syntax is \autoref[customtext]{label}. It can be used as follows: see \autoref[parts]{theonlysection} and especially \autoref[]{theonlysubsection} of this text: if the optional argument is empty ([]), no ~ will be inserted before the textless reference number. (We assume that there will already be an ordinary space before it. Otherwise we can still use it like this~\autoref[]{label}.)

The second approach is necessary if the descriptor is generic and the referred-to entity can change categories (between for example "section", "subsection", and "subsubsection"). Here, \autoref with an optional argument will choose the color of the text or link border automatically, where an approach using \sectionref, \subsectionref, or \subsubsectionref would require the TeX user to choose between the three in the source code.