General ⇒ table of contents and hyperref

[maxhikorski]

I have added the \hyperref package to my document. Everything okay except that in Contents (as generated by \tableofcontents), everything has been given a hyperlink that links to the wrong section; it links to the section BEFORE the one required. So 'Welcome' links to Contents, Chapter 1 links to 'Welcome' etc ... can anyone fix this? Many thanks, Jonny

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Jonny,

welcome to the forum!

Since it's hard to guess what went wrong without seeing the code - can you post your code please? A reduced (compilable) example would be good, no need for actual text content.

Stefan

[maxhikorski]

Okay, Stefan, this compiles for me all right and gives the problem I am talking about. Clicking in a link on the Contents page connects to the wrong chapter.

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm}

\usepackage{amsxtra}
\usepackage{amstext}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\hypertarget{loretta}{\LARGE{Home Page}}
\end{center}

\tableofcontents

\newpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Welcome}
\section*{Welcome}

Text...

\hyperlink{loretta}{Home Page}

\newpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Chapter 1}
\section*{Chapter 1}

Text...

\hyperlink{loretta}{Home Page}

\newpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Chapter 2}
\section*{Chapter 2}

Text...

\hyperlink{loretta}{Home Page}

\newpage

\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Jonny,

now that I see the code, it's clear. The starred \section* commands don't produce an anchor for hyperref, since they are not intended to be shown in the table of contents, with a link. You added a contents entry manually. Then you also need to add a manual link. That can be done by \phantomsection. In this order:

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\section*{Chapter 1}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Chapter 1}

...

\section*{Chapter 2}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Chapter 2}

Stefan

[maxhikorski]

Many thanks, Stefan, this does the trick. I really appreciate your help with this. Jonny