Document Classes ⇒ Disable hypertext links in hyperref!?

[wheely_chairs]

Is there a way to disable hypertext links in a document that uses the hyperref package? Or alternatively disable linking from just the TOC/LOF/LOT? I know this seems a little extreme as the package was designed to do exactly that but I have good reason:
- Subfigure links in the LOF are broken (i.e. they just point at the first page). I have been unable to reproduce this behavious in an MWE so I'm rather stumped. But links to subfigures in the main document still work.
- If it doesn't all work (the linking that is) then I'd rather not have it at all
- hyperref is still useful for defining properties of the pdf (author, title, etc) as well as adding bookmarks (which are still great ways to navigate a document)

So I'd just like to retain the bookmarking and document properties basically (and possibly non-TOC/LOF/LOT links). Any ideas?

Thanks,

Chris

[gmedina]

Have you tried the obvious first attempt: reading the hyperref documentation?

[wheely_chairs]

Yeah I forgot to mention that. I have read the documentation cover-to-cover but not spotted an answer...

[wheely_chairs]

Subfigure links in the LOF are broken (i.e. they just point at the first page). I have been unable to reproduce this behavious in an MWE so I'm rather stumped. But links to subfigures in the main document still work.

Ok so I've now identified the cause of this problem and created an MWE:

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\documentclass[12pt, titlepage]{report}
\usepackage{subfig}
\setcounter{lofdepth}{2}
\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref} 

%%%%%%%% Document %%%%%%%%
\begin{document}

\listoffigures
\newpage

%\chapter{My First Chapter}

\begin{figure}
\subfloat[Subfigure 1 LoF entry][Subfigure 1 Caption]{ 
\makebox[0.45\textwidth]{\framebox[0.45\textwidth]{\rule{0pt}{0.45\textwidth}}}
\label{subfigure1}
} 
\hspace{0.1\textwidth}
\subfloat[Subfigure 2 LoF entry][Subfigure 2 Caption]{
\makebox[0.45\textwidth]{\framebox[0.45\textwidth]{\rule{0pt}{0.45\textwidth}}}
\label{subfigure2}
}
\caption[Short caption for LoF]{Really long caption for entire figure} 
\label{figure1}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

With this code the List of Figures (LoF) is fine. However, if you uncomment the line

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%\chapter{My First Chapter}

Then the code/LoF breaks! I didn't expect it to be a chapter command causing hyperref to break! I hence get the following error in the log:

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pdfTeX warning (dest): name{figure.1.1} has been referenced but does not exist, replaced by a fixed one

pdfTeX warning (dest): name{chapter.1} has been referenced but does not exist, replaced by a fixed one

Anyone have any suggestions? Aside from removing all the chapter commands!

Chris

[wheely_chairs]

And I just installed the latest version of hyperref (6.77u) but it hasn't made any difference...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Chris,

at least it will work if the figures are not counted by chapter, try:

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\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}

Stefan

[wheely_chairs]

Thanks Stefan,

I'm not sure that numbering figures in this way is as elegant but at least it fixes my problem (beggers can't be choosers)!! I'm sure I did read somewhere that hyperref breaks when you redefine counters or some such... is that something like what this package does? (Many aspects of LaTeX are still Greek to me, lol!)

Thanks again,

Chris

[gmedina]

Hi wheely_chairs,

(beggers can't be choosers)!!

Yes, they can.

Your problem admits a better solution. Use the subcaption package (documentation here) instead of subfig. The little but powerful subcaption package comes as a complement to the caption package (English documentation here). Refer to the documentations for further information.

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\documentclass[12pt,titlepage]{report}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[list=true]{subcaption}
\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\listoffigures
\newpage

\chapter{My First Chapter}

\begin{figure}
  \begin{subfigure}[b]{.5\linewidth}
    \centering
    \rule{3cm}{2cm}
    \caption[Subfigure LoF entry]{A subfigure}
    \label{fig:1a}
  \end{subfigure}%
  \begin{subfigure}[b]{.5\linewidth}
    \centering
    \rule{3cm}{2cm}
    \caption[Subfigure LoF entry]{Another subfigure}
    \label{fig:1b}
  \end{subfigure}
  \caption[Figure LoF entry]{A figure with a really long caption}
  \label{fig:1}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Besides solving the problem with hyperref, the syntax of the new subfigure and subtable environments is more "natural", in the sense that it is analogous to that of the standard figure and table environments.

[wheely_chairs]

Thanks for your reply gmedina. However, I know I'm being stupid, but how do I get the subcaption package!? I'm using TeXShop with TeXLive-2007 on a Mac (OS X 10.5).

Thanks,

Chris

[localghost]

[...] However, I know I'm being stupid, but how do I get the subcaption package!? [...]

Since Version 3.1 this package is a part of caption and represents some kind of replacement for subfig, which seems not to be maintained anymore. It has its own documentation where you can find useful information.


Best regards
Thorsten¹