Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Cross referencing Tables/Figures in Lyx fails in pdf

[dead_mantra]

Dear all,

I'm a new Lyx user currently writing my theses on it.
My problem is that, after exporting my document to pdf, the click-able links to the figures/tables don't quite match the location of the figure/table! Instead, they seem to match more a section/subsection having the same numbering with the figure/table that the link is supposed to point.

I have tried putting the label inside, outside, at the front/back of the caption (but still in the float box) but to no success. Also, using 'formatted' cross reference only produces Table ??. Finally, I tried an ERT with \hyperlink{....} just before inserting the label, but that doesn't work either.

I'm using Lyx 2.1.2 and the hyperref package in the preamble.

Thanks for any suggestions!

[Johannes_B]

Hi and welcome,

the label of the object hast to be inside the caption or just after it. It sounds like it is before in your case, which would lead to the result you describe. Can you check again?

If the problem persists, please export your document to the more basic and general LaTeX which is more suited for new users and post the code here. There is a simple method described at the LyX homepage on how to boil the document down to just the trouble maker.

[dead_mantra]

Hi Johannes,

I have tried putting the label both in and after the caption. The problem however persists.
After creating a minimal version of my document (kept only hyperref, pslatex and nonfloat in preamble) I realised that removing the modules
'number equations/figures/tables by Section' under the Settings menu improves the situation.
I have attached the .lyx and corresponding pdf of the minimal version.
It can be seen there that both links point to where they are supposed to. However,
one table is fully visible whereas the other is not.
Looks like we are almost there in solving it.

Thanks for any further help.

[dead_mantra]

Sorry not too familiar with all these yet.
Here is the .tex file too, if that's more of a help.

[Johannes_B]

Indeed, only the tex-code is useful for me.

I wrote some comments of Dos and Don'ts in the code below. Two things are quite important, if you fix those, everything should be fine. If you can't figure it out yourself, i will point you in the right direction, but the satisfaction of finding the problem cause on your own is priceless

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%% LyX 2.1.2 created this file.  For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,english]{report}
%\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\rmdefault}%the default
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}%contradicts with the next line
%\usepackage[utf8]{luainputenc}%commented out
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setlength{\parindent}{0.8cm}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage[unicode=true,pdfusetitle,
 bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=false,bookmarksopen=false,
 breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 1},backref=false,colorlinks=false]
 {hyperref}%usually, hyperref is loaded last

\makeatletter

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
\pdfpageheight\paperheight
\pdfpagewidth\paperwidth

%% Because html converters don't know tabularnewline
\providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage{pslatex}% i really bet you don't need this
% Please check out the link below
% http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/41?m=18922843#18922843

%\usepackage{hyperref}%why loading it again? 
%\usepackage{prettyref}
%\usepackage{floatrow}
%\usepackage{nonfloat}% I wouldn't really recommend that package
%better use package `caption` which is actively maintained
%and provide the command `captionof` which can be used if you really want a non-floating object. It also fixes the target position of hyperlinks.
%\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsthm} % AMS packages
%\usepackage{graphicx,color}           % Packages for graphics and color
%\usepackage[left=1.5in, right=1in, top=1in, bottom=1in, includefoot, headheight=13.6pt]{geometry}


%\pagenumbering{arabic}
%\setcounter{page}{1}

%\usepackage{tikz} %draw graphics
%\usepackage{pgfplots} %for drawing again
%\pgfplotsset{compat=newest} %need to show graphics FFS!!

\makeatother

\begin{document}

\chapter{Title}


\section{Text}

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\begin{table}[ph]


\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline 
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\hline 
\hline 
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\hline 
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\hline 
\end{tabular}\protect\caption{Test table\label{tab:Test-table}}
\end{table}



\section{Text}

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\section{Text}

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\begin{table}[ph]
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline 
 &  & \tabularnewline
\hline 
\hline 
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\hline 
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\hline 
\end{tabular}

\protect\caption{Test table 2\label{tab:Test-table-2}}
\end{table}
\end{document}

[dead_mantra]

Thanks a lot Johannes!
I'm pretty sure I can sort this after following your comments.
Just realised that exporting the code allows for a much deeper understanding of what's going on really

[Johannes_B]

Just realised that exporting the code allows for a much deeper understanding of what's going on really

Yep, that's the deal. A LyX developer once noted, that you need a working understandment of LaTeX before diving into LyX.
LyX is something predefined, but with LaTeX as a markup/macro language, the whole world is more clear

If you have any more questions, just ask

[dead_mantra]

Thanks.
I was able to sort the problem. Now my preamble is minimal and tidy (for the time being)