Hyperref package issue with cite border

Question

I am trying to get the hyperref package to display the default green boxes around the citation but when typesetted, there is no such formatting. Here is the preamble that I have currently in my TeX file:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[
 % authoryear,
round, numbers, comma, sort&compress]{natbib}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}
\cite{foo}

\begin{thebibliography}{foo}
\bibitem{foo} Foo.

\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}

I have tried adding the following at different times to try to add the cite borders to no avail:

\usepackage[citebordercolor=green]{hyperref}
\usepackage[citebordercolor=red]{hyperref}
\usepackage[pdfborder=0 0 1]{hyperref}

I'm not sure if there is a conflict between packages in the existing preamble above but I have tried all suggestions I have came across in this forum and others but have not yet been successful. Can you offer any suggestions?

(P.S. I am compiling with XeLaTeX)

I get green borders around citation links with this preamble. Make a minimal working example (MWE). — Heiko Oberdiek, Jun 13 '14 at 17:02
@HeikoOberdiek Can you send me the tex file that you have run successfully with green borders? — David Clark, Jun 13 '14 at 17:20
I have put it in the question. Please optimize the example: Remove packages that are not needed to reproduce the problem and add the necessary code of your real TeX file to show the problem. — Heiko Oberdiek, Jun 13 '14 at 17:31
@HeikoOberdiek Unless we can ascertain that the other packages or not preventing the typesetting of the green borders, I think they should remain in the question. — David Clark, Jun 13 '14 at 17:35
@HeikoOberdiek Find the simplified MWE. This does not solve my issue when complied, I'm afraid. — David Clark, Jun 13 '14 at 17:47
Do you get link borders at all (e.g. \ref, \url)? Have you tried a different PDF viewer? What happens, if you compile with pdflatex instead of xelatex? — Heiko Oberdiek, Jun 13 '14 at 17:49
I have tried three different PDF viewers, complied with pdflatex and also I have the same issue with link borders I'm afraid. — David Clark, Jun 13 '14 at 17:56
With the example of the question or your real world document? Any errors/warnings in the .log file? — Heiko Oberdiek, Jun 13 '14 at 18:33
@HeikoOberdiek I've notice that using \hypersetup{colorlink=true}
The citation words turn green and links turn a red/pink. — David Clark, Jun 13 '14 at 18:34
I understand that but I thought it was odd that this option works but many others do not in this case. — David Clark, Jun 13 '14 at 18:55
Which options do not work? Are there warnings of hyperref? (Not all options can be given at all places.) — Heiko Oberdiek, Jun 13 '14 at 19:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '20 at 22:11

Maybe something has fixed after all !! But ..

When compiling the above code using xelatex I get the green boxes, in the TexStudio pdf viewer BUT NOT in SUMATRA!

Acrobat and other readers were fine.

For reference I include is my current configuration.

The green boxes can be seen with the same original code

% !TeX TS-program = xelatex
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[
 % authoryear,
round, numbers, comma, sort&compress]{natbib}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\cite{foo}
\begin{thebibliography}{foo}
\bibitem{foo} Foo.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}

This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (MiKTeX 20.7) (preloaded format=xelatex 2020.10.10) 26 OCT 2020 18:49 entering extended mode **"./green boxes xelatex.tex" ("green boxes xelatex.tex" LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5

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