[Tex/LaTex] \nameref — How to display section name AND its number

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Is it possible to make \nameref display not only the title of the section but also its number?

\section{First Section}
\label{sec:some_sec}

\subsection*{Unnumbered subsection}
\label{sec:subsec}

[...]

As we defined in section \nameref{sec:some_sec}, yada yada yada, see section \nameref{sec:subsec}

With normal \nameref I get:

"As we defined in section First Section, yada yada yada, see section Unnumbered subsection"

what I want is a combination of numbers (as in \autoref} and section names AND (if possible) unnumbered subsections should inherit the number of the parenting section:

"As we defined in section 1 First Section, yada yada yada, see section 1 Unnumbered subsection"

Best Answer

How about defining a new command \fullref:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}

% Original definition
% \newcommand\fullref[1]{\autoref{#1} \nameref{#1}} % Two links

% Updated definition, see explanation below
\newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\autoref*{#1} \nameref*{#1}}} % One single link

\begin{document}

\section{First Section}
\label{sec:some_sec}

\subsection*{Unnumbered subsection}
\label{sec:subsec}

[...]

As we defined in \fullref{sec:some_sec}, yada yada yada, see \fullref{sec:subsec}

\end{document}

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Update

The \fullref defined above produces two links, one by \autoref, the other by \nameref. Heiko Oberdiek suggests the following definition that combines the two into one single link:

\newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\autoref*{#1} \nameref*{#1}}}

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A \label to some counter like subsection is normally constructed as \p@subsection\thesubsection . In most cases the "prefix" command \p@... doesn't typeset anything and thus the result is the same what is produced by \the.... Such "prefix" commands are only used by the standard classes to construct references like 1.a in enumerations when the items there are labeled 1 and the subitem a.

The revtex4.cls however is using the \p@...commands also for heading counters:

\def\thesection       {\Roman{section}}
\def\p@section        {}
\def\thesubsection    {\Alph{subsection}}
\def\p@subsection     {\thesection\,}
\def\thesubsubsection {\arabic{subsubsection}}
\def\p@subsubsection  {\thesection\,\thesubsection\,}

So if you change \thesubsection as you did you end up with the following:

\thesection\,\thesection.\arabic{subsection}

In other words you need to also change all the corresponding \p@...commands to expand to nothing. I the document preamble place:

\makeatletter
\def\p@subsection{}
\makeatother

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I think your best bet is to redefine \thesection, which is the macro that normally prints the section number.

\renewcommand\thesection{}

If you want subsection numbers to include the section numbers that aren't getting printed, you will also need to redefine \thesubsection, which normally calls \thesection:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\thesection{}
\renewcommand\thesubsection{\@arabic\c@section.\@arabic\c@subsection}
\makeatother

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