General ⇒ Cross Reference for a Section by Name

[dagoss]

Hello,

I feel like this should be a simply (and common) operation but I haven't figured out how to do it. It may simply be that I don't understand this documenation.

I want to cross references sections of my document such that I can have this:

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\section{Building Framing}
\label{frame}

[...]

Please refer to \autoref{frame} for more information.

Which would output:

"Please refer to 3.2 Building Framing for more information."

By default, autoref gives "Section 3.2", but I want it to pull the name of the chapter/section/subsection that the label is in, along with the number. How can I do that?

[meho_r]

Here's one way:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{hyperref}

\newcommand{\myref}[1]{\ref{#1} -- \nameref{#1}}

\begin{document}

\section{A section}\label{test}

``Plain'' ref:~\ref{test},\\ 
Autoref:~\autoref{test},\\
Nameref:~\nameref{test},\\
Custom ref:~\myref{test}.

\end{document}