[Tex/LaTex] (LyX) Disable footnote links

footnoteshyperreflyx

Similar to this question, I have the problem where the hyperref footnote link sends me back to the title page.

I'm trying to add "hyperfootnotes=false" as an option in the LyX > Document Settings > PDF Properties > Hyperlinks menu. But this doesn't seem to do anything. Am I doing it wrong?

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A solution is to put "hyperfootnotes=false" under "Class Options" in Document > Settings.

The reason, as @jon points out in the comment above, is that the option must be passed for the original loading of hyperref (and not the subsequent \hypersetup command).

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[Tex/LaTex] How to disable links completely using hyperref package

Thanks to @egreg, the recipe is

\usepackage[options]{nohyperref}  % This makes hyperref commands do nothing without errors
\usepackage{url}  % This makes \url work

[Tex/LaTex] Hyperref \pageref links point to first page

hyperref points its hyperlink to the last anchor, and this anchor is set via the macro \refstepcounter. Indeed, hyperref redefines the traditional \refstepcounter to insert the appropriate anchor (see \hyper@refstepcounter in hyperref.dtx).

This is important from the point of view of the hyperlink. Here is a showcase that highlights the motivation:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\newcommand{\hlabel}{\phantomsection\label}
\begin{document}

\section{A section}\label{sec:hyp1}

See section~\ref{sec:hyp1}.

\section{Another section}\hlabel{sec:hyp2}

See section~\ref{sec:hyp2}.

\end{document}

In the above example \hlabel has been deliberately made to insert an anchor (thereby ignoring whatever other anchors are set), in-line with your request. This anchor is set using \phantomsection.

Clicking on the link sec:hyp1 jumps you back to the actual section title. Hey, that's awesome! Clicking on sec:hyp2 jumps you to just below the sectional title. Not so awesome, since you don't know which section the jump is in. Of course, this discussion might seem trivial and depend on your PDF zoom level, but I hope the point is made clear.

As such, there is a separation between the placement of the anchor and the placement of the \label. If need be, it allows you to gauge your own destination for the hyperlink. However, in general, the hyperlink should typically jump to where the counter was stepped.

As an aside, the predictability of floats with \captions (in terms of the their structure) is exactly the reason why the package hypcap was born. That is, by clicking on the hyperlink associated with the caption/float counter stepping, you can jump to where the float actually starts.

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