How can I make a clickable Table of Contents?

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I need links for the Table of Contents, so that I can navigate fast to different sections. I apparently need some package.

I tried the package url unsuccessfully.

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score 256 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '09 at 01:14

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\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks,
    citecolor=black,
    filecolor=black,
    linkcolor=black,
    urlcolor=black
}

You can change the color of the links as above.

answered Feb 18 '09 at 01:14

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A few tips: to simply avoid any visual indication of links, use option hidelinks. This can also be done like this: \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}.
To set all colors at once, use allcolors=black. colorlinks seems to work the same as colorlinks=true.
– Cerran Mar 07 '14 at 17:28
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The option hidelinks seems to be unnecessary in my XeLaTeX file. Not sure if this is because of XeLaTeX or that the lack of visual indication of links has been made default in hyperref. Somebody might want to investigate. – Taiki May 22 '14 at 12:22
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This is so awesome! I feel that my work now feels 100 times more professional :D – CivilSigma Sep 27 '15 at 05:18
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Make sure you do not have the “draft” option in the document class. With “draft”, links are not created! – Philipp Jul 20 '17 at 13:23
To use the hyperref package with the cleveref package, you need to place hyperref before cleveref in the preamble. – jthomas Apr 14 '20 at 19:58

score 67 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 00:33

The package listed is correct. This is a more detailed account of setup though:

\usepackage{color}   %May be necessary if you want to color links
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks=true, %set true if you want colored links
    linktoc=all,     %set to all if you want both sections and subsections linked
    linkcolor=blue,  %choose some color if you want links to stand out
}

Once this is all setup, you should just be able to include the

\tableofcontents

sometime after

\begin{document}

and be all set

very clear answer – an offer can't refuse Dec 16 '14 at 12:02 — an offer can't refuse, Dec 16 '14 at 12:02

score 32 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 17 '15 at 09:58

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Don't miss out on the

\hypersetup{linktocpage}

option to only link the page numbers and not the entire table of contents; when links are being coloured the default behaviour can be a bit overwhelming.

Moreover, if you need to use dviaps+ps2pdf driver then in the default setting, the hyperlinks of long headers (that occupy more than one line) are scrambled due to a known incompatibility (README for hyperref, Section 7) and linking the page numbers resolves this issue.

edited Jul 17 '15 at 09:58

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answered Feb 15 '09 at 22:00

Will Robertson

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Not true. It's better when the entire line links. – Feb 18 '09 at 01:13
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As clickable links, it's better to have the entire line. But if you've got links printed in hot pink, then it looks mighty ugly to have an entire page coloured like that. – Will Robertson Feb 23 '09 at 23:08
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A solution to keep the whole line a link (easier to click), while not having the whole TOC colored, is to change hyperref's linkcolor just for the TOC. – JW. May 28 '13 at 19:28

score 31 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 24 '12 at 11:10

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The way to go is the hyperref package.

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