I want to make cross-referencing of Figures and Tables in text. I want them to appear in text with hyperlink, just like Journals. I have labeled all Figures and Tables and inserted them as cross reference in text. But in PDF output, only figure or table number ‘1’ appears with hyperlink such as. What I want is ,the word Table or Figure to appear with the number and hyperlinked together such as ‘Figure 1’. Can anyone please suggest me how to do this in Lyx? Many thanks.
[Tex/LaTex] hyperlinked cross referencing in Lyx
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LaTeX keeps all floats of the same type in order, so you need (at least)
\makeatletter
\let\ftype@table\ftype@figure
\makeatother
so figures and tables are the same type (1)
The problem is that a \label attaches itself to the last numbered element in the document -- in your case a section -- it does not correspond to the exact position in the code/PDF.
As an alternative to Werner's suggestion, is to use \hyperlink and \hypertarget from hyperref. There is as far as I know no way of accessing these via the LyX GUI however, so you have to add them in ERTs. And as hyperref is required, you have to enable that under Document --> Settings --> PDF Properties, if you haven't already.
The syntax for these commands is
\hyperlink{<name>}{<text>}
\hypertarget{<name>}{<text>}
where <name> is the label, and <text> is printed in the PDF. As there is no support for these in the GUI, you can't use LyX' cross-referencing mechanism.
An example is seen in the screenshot below. I added \hypertarget{thing}{Cool stuff!} one place, and \hyperlink{thing}{Check this out.} where I wanted the link to be. Note that <text> in the \hypertarget can be empty if you want that.
Best Answer
First make sure you use refstyle, go to Document->Document Settings->Document Class and check "Use refstyle...". Now lets add references that are clickable: go to Document->Settings->PDF Properties and check "Use Hyperref Support".
Now when adding a cross-reference select "Formatted reference" in the Format option at the bottom of the window.
Choosing the "formetted reference" will add the "figure" or "table" for each cross reference, and the hyperref settings will add a hyperlink to any '\ref'. The problem ? the hyperlinks are only on "1" and not "figure 1" entirely. to fix that we need to add the following to your preamble
Of course you can change "Figure" to "Fig" or "Drawing" or anything you like