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Is it possible to make \nameref display not only the title of the section but also its number?

\section{First Section}
\label{sec:some_sec}

\subsection*{Unnumbered subsection}
\label{sec:subsec}

[...]

As we defined in section \nameref{sec:some_sec}, yada yada yada, see section \nameref{sec:subsec}

With normal \nameref I get:

"As we defined in section First Section, yada yada yada, see section Unnumbered subsection"

what I want is a combination of numbers (as in \autoref} and section names AND (if possible) unnumbered subsections should inherit the number of the parenting section:

"As we defined in section 1 First Section, yada yada yada, see section 1 Unnumbered subsection"

lockstep
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    section~\ref{sec:some_sec} \nameref{sec:some_sec} – egreg Jun 30 '13 at 18:05
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    Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look on our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. – Claudio Fiandrino Jun 30 '13 at 18:18
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    Your label {sec:subsec} has a negative effect. You are using \subsection* and so there is no anchor (number) for any label. – Marco Daniel Jun 30 '13 at 18:55
  • Marco, the answer works as I described above. For un-numbered subsections the number of the parenting section should be used -- and this is the case. Also, when i click the text in the PDF I get to the subsection (as expected). Thats exactly what I wanted ;) – cpt. jazz Jun 30 '13 at 19:02

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How about defining a new command \fullref:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}

% Original definition
% \newcommand\fullref[1]{\autoref{#1} \nameref{#1}} % Two links

% Updated definition, see explanation below
\newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\autoref*{#1} \nameref*{#1}}} % One single link

\begin{document}

\section{First Section}
\label{sec:some_sec}

\subsection*{Unnumbered subsection}
\label{sec:subsec}

[...]

As we defined in \fullref{sec:some_sec}, yada yada yada, see \fullref{sec:subsec}

\end{document}

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Update

The \fullref defined above produces two links, one by \autoref, the other by \nameref. Heiko Oberdiek suggests the following definition that combines the two into one single link:

\newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\autoref*{#1} \nameref*{#1}}}
Heiko Oberdiek
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    You get a full link in one piece by \newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\autoref*{#1} \nameref{#1}}}. – Heiko Oberdiek Jun 30 '13 at 21:14
  • @HeikoOberdiek: Thanks :-) Your suggestion is incorporated. – Herr K. Jun 30 '13 at 21:31
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    I have added the star for \nameref that I have forgotten in the comment. The star forms prevent nested double links. – Heiko Oberdiek Jun 30 '13 at 23:32
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    Don't you need to add \usepackage{nameref} for this to work? – Patrick Jan 13 '15 at 13:29
  • @for3st: I don't think so. – Herr K. Jan 13 '15 at 16:57
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    It conflicts with the titlesec package. The reference prints things like "chapter 2" instead of the name of the section. – Velkan Nov 23 '16 at 09:30
  • tcolorbox does many things and, being fully compatible with hyperref, also includes using \cref{exp:5-1} to refer to Example 5-3, \cref{3-0} to chapter 3 \label{3-0}, \cref{5-3} to chapter 5 section 3 \label{3-5}. I just tried \newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\cref*{#1} \nameref*{#1}}} which makes the whole thing clickable. But, as I prefer (as with \cref) the words chapter and section not to appear in the link, I regretfully reverted to having to type, e.g. \cref{1-0} \nameref{1-0} on page \pageref{1-1} and \cref{1-1} \nameref{1-1} on page \pageref{1-1}. – schremmer Jan 05 '17 at 19:51
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    @HeikoOberdiek if I want to capitalize the first letter, can I use \newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\Cref*{#1} \nameref*{#1}}} with cleveref package or is there a better way? – Diaa Apr 29 '17 at 07:32
  • @HerrK. if I only section 1 and section is Section 1, how can I set my tex file? – acsdaswe Oct 09 '19 at 00:03
  • hyperref's sectionautorefname can be set empty to avoid the name `section' to appear. The hyperref manual contains such an example. – Marius Hofert Apr 16 '22 at 12:47
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Starting with @herr-k 's answer, I went a step farther and defined four (4) new commands: \secref, \subsecref, \subsubsecref, and \parref.

\newcommand*{\secref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{Specification \ref*{#1}, \nameref*{#1}}}
\newcommand*{\subsecref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{Section \ref*{#1}, \nameref*{#1}}}
\newcommand*{\subsubsecref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{Section , \nameref*{#1}}}
\newcommand*{\parref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{Section \ref*{#1}, \nameref*{#1}}}

Doing so allows me to customize how the hyperlink text displays for each level of my document.

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To get rid of the section in link text: change the \autoref to \ref.

I.e.: \newcommand*{\fullref}[1]{\hyperref[{#1}]{\ref*{#1} \nameref*{#1}}} % One single link

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