General ⇒ how to use \autoref with a custom made float??

[bjorn victor]

Hi all,

I have been playing with the FLOAT package and I have made a float called "Example". The caption is good, the list of examples is good, but the thing the bugs me is that I cannot use \autoref with my new float. I would like it to say Example 1.1 and not just 1.1. I am aware that my custom float is not in the standard repertoire of LaTeX or HYPERREF, so I will have to somehow tell HYPERREF about my new float. Question is how? I found some \def commands in the HYPERREF manual, but they just seem to modify the language depending on the babel option you specify. I found no way to make a "new" entry.
Any help is much appreciated!!

Bjorn

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report} 
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry}            
\usepackage{float} 
\usepackage[format=hang,labelfont={bf,sf},font=small]{caption,subfig}   
\setlength{\captionmargin}{20pt} 		
\usepackage[pdftex,bookmarks,colorlinks,linkcolor=black,urlcolor=black]{hyperref} 
\newfloat{example}{H}{flt}[chapter]
\floatname{example}{Example}

\begin{document} 
\listof{example}{List of examples}
\chapter{one}
\begin{example} 
\caption{tekst tekst tekst}
tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst
\label{ex1} 
\end{example}
This is a ref to \autoref{ex1}. (here I want to see ... a ref to Example 1.1)
\end{document}

[gmedina]

Hi,

one quick solution would be to use the cleveref package (this might introduce some limitations, as explained in the documentation):

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry}           
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage[format=hang,labelfont={bf,sf},font=small]{caption,subfig}   
\setlength{\captionmargin}{20pt}       
\usepackage[pdftex,bookmarks,colorlinks,linkcolor=black,urlcolor=black]{hyperref}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\newfloat{example}{H}{flt}[chapter]
\floatname{example}{Example}

\crefname{example}{example}{examples}
\Crefname{example}{Example}{Examples}


\begin{document}

\listof{example}{List of examples}
\chapter{one}
\begin{example}
\caption{tekst tekst tekst}
tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst
\label{ex1}
\end{example}

This is a ref to \cref{ex1}.

\Cref{ex1} shows that...
\end{document}

I'll think about a solution not involving any additional packages.

[sommerfee]

Since you load my caption package anyway, you could simply use this package (instead of the float package) to define a new float type called "example". The caption package defines a name for \autoref automatically, so the following code should fulfill your needs:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[format=hang,labelfont={bf,sf},font=small]{caption,subfig}
\setlength{\captionmargin}{20pt}
\usepackage[bookmarks,colorlinks,linkcolor=black,urlcolor=black]{hyperref}

\DeclareCaptionType[fileext=flt]{example}

\begin{document}
\listofexamples
\chapter{one}
\begin{example}
\caption{tekst tekst tekst}
tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst
\label{ex1}
\end{example}
This is a ref to \autoref{ex1}. (here I want to see ... a ref to Example 1.1)
\end{document}

[bjorn victor]

@ sommerfee: indeed, the autoref command works, but for some reason, my float seems to be at the bottom of the page when I run your code.
Doesn't matter, I add the [h] command next to the begin{example} and it was fine.

Thank you very much!

I had no idea what your caption package could do!

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[format=hang,labelfont={bf,sf},font=small]{caption,subfig}
\setlength{\captionmargin}{20pt}
\usepackage[bookmarks,colorlinks,linkcolor=black,urlcolor=black]{hyperref}

\DeclareCaptionType[fileext=flt]{example}

\begin{document}
\listofexamples
\chapter{one}
\begin{example}[h]
\caption{tekst tekst tekst}
tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst tekst
\label{ex1}
\end{example}
This is a ref to \autoref{ex1}.
\end{document}