How do I associate a label with a non-section document element?

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Incorrect target of \label link produced by hyperref

Labeling and linking in LaTeX confuses me.

I have something like the following:

\section{main section}
\label{sec:mainsection}
 %lots of text
\label{SomethingDescribedButNotDocumentElement}
%more text

I want to be able to link to the second label, but it seems those labels are associated with the previous document element (in this case a main section)

So something like:

\hyperref[SomethingDescribedButNotDocumentElement]{link to 2nd label}

But this jumps up to the sec:mainsection label.

• How do I link to an arbitrary section of my document (which may be not described by section or figure etc)?

Answer 1

You can generate a new anchor by \phantomsection. The syntax of \hyperref with optional argument can be used to link an arbitrary text to this location:

\phantomsection
\label{SomethingDescribedButNotDocumentElement}

\hyperref[SomethingDescribedButNotDocumentElement]{Something}