hyperref not working. It goes to wrong page

Question

I dont understand why my hyperref is not going to the page I wanted when I click it on my table of content?

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, oneside]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mathptmx} %times font
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[english]{babel} %roman & arabic label page
\usepackage[top=50mm , bottom=50mm, left=45mm, right=45mm]{geometry}

\addto\captionsenglish{% Replace "english" with the language you use
\renewcommand{\contentsname}%
{Table of Contents}% change "Contents" (default) to "Table of Contents"
}

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

\pagenumbering{Roman}

\begin{document}
\input{CoverPage}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagebreak

\input{TitlePage}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagebreak

\input{CopyrightPage}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Copyright}
\setcounter{page}{1}
\pagebreak

\input{DeclarationPage}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Declaration}
\pagebreak

\input{AcknowledgementPage}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgement}
\pagebreak

\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents}

\pagebreak

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\listoffigures
\pagebreak

% % (1) =========================================
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{1. Introduction}
\input{Introduction}
\setcounter{chapter}{1}
\pagebreak

Using this way, you have to use a \phantomsection before the \addcontentsline..., but there might be more issues to solve. \addcontentsline should be done before you use \input and I would not use \pagebreak there. Replace it with \cleardoublepage — , Aug 06 '15 at 07:27
Yes, as I added: There is more work to do, probably. Your document is only a fragment, it's hard to help you. Do the files with \input have \chapter inside? — , Aug 06 '15 at 07:29
how about this \tableofcontents \phantomsection \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents} do i put \tableofcontents after the \addcontentsline.. as well?? — Michimcchicken, Aug 06 '15 at 07:31
Yes, try that, but there's even a better way. I'll try a solution. — , Aug 06 '15 at 07:32
it's working!! thanksss but the rest of the page is working except the table of contents page.. it link to the 1st page.. — Michimcchicken, Aug 06 '15 at 07:34
@ChristianHupfer ehh i just changed pagebreak to \cleardoublepage.. everything works!! thanks!! but can i ask why use cleardoubepage instead of page breaks? o.o — Michimcchicken, Aug 06 '15 at 07:42
\hyperref needs clear page anchors which is 'guaranteed' if the page is cleared of all content and then a new page is shipout, in conjunction with a \phantomsection for \addcontentsline. — , Aug 06 '15 at 07:52

score 21 · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-30T15:52:09.180

There are multiple issues with the O.P. code...

Use \cleardoublepage\phantomsection\addcontentsline{...} if some content must be explicitly added to a ToC
For the Table of Contents and List of Figures \usepackage{tocbibind} is the cleaner solution
The Introduction should be real chapter and not something with \section and subsection. This screws up the bookmarking etc. and numbering.
The \input is too much for my taste -- It makes editing (and debugging) very difficult.

Some notes on \phantomsection etc.

If content is to be added to a .toc etc. file, \addcontentsline{toc}{...}{...} is most times the right choice. However, if this happens without a \cleardoublepage (or \clearpage) in conjunction with \phantomsection, the link will go to a previous page.

The \phantomsection can be omitted however, if a command like \chapter* etc. is used. An anchor related to chapter* is inserted by hyperref then. For more information, see section

3.2 Options for destination names

in the hyperref manual please.

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, oneside]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mathptmx} %times font
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[english]{babel} %roman & arabic label page
\usepackage[top=50mm , bottom=50mm, left=45mm, right=45mm]{geometry}

\addto\captionsenglish{% Replace "english" with the language you use
\renewcommand{\contentsname}%
{Table of Contents}% change "Contents" (default) to "Table of Contents"
}

\title{Foo}
\author{Foo}

\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{tocbibind}

\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=black,  %choose some color if you want links to stand out
}

\pagenumbering{Roman}

\begin{document}
\input{CoverPage}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\cleardoublepage
\input{TitlePage}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\cleardoublepage

\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Copyright}
\input{CopyrightPage}
\setcounter{page}{1}
\cleardoublepage

\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Declaration}
\input{DeclarationPage}
\cleardoublepage

\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgement}
\input{AcknowledgementPage}
\cleardoublepage

\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents}
\cleardoublepage

\listoffigures
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\cleardoublepage

% % (1) =========================================
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{1. Introduction}
\input{Introduction}
\setcounter{chapter}{1}  % Why???



\end{document}

For the individual FooPage.tex files I used basically this code

\chapter*{Foo}  % To make the page header outstanding, just for this solution
\blindtext[2]

Replace Foo with the relevant name (Exception: TitlePage.tex is \maketitle only)

The individual \phantomsection commands aren't necessary if \chapter* etc is used, but I kept them, since it's unclear what's inside the real \input{...} files.

what if i dont use tocbibind ? cause i dont know why the auto download not working.. — Michimcchicken, Aug 06 '15 at 08:13
btw the setcounter thing at the intro page is because i using different page numbering.. the pages before list of figures are using roman numbering and the introduciton page is using arabic and start from page 1.. haha required by my faculty.. dont ask me haha — Michimcchicken, Aug 06 '15 at 08:15
If you use don't use tocbibind then you have to use \addcontentsline... again. And you are setting the chapter number, not the page number ;-) — , Aug 06 '15 at 08:17
if i set my counter to 1 then it'll become 1.0.1 right?? o.o — Michimcchicken, Aug 06 '15 at 08:20
@Michimcchicken: Yes, but you should that before \input{Introduction} ;-) — , Aug 06 '15 at 08:22
oooo okayoaky thanks.. then is \setcounter{page}{1} the page number?? — Michimcchicken, Aug 06 '15 at 08:22
@touhami: I would say that depends on the files to be input, doesn't it? If I omit it, say before \input{CopyrightPage} and remove \chapter*{Copyright} in that file, it clearly goes wrong. The \addcontentsline will lead to wrong link to the cover page — , Aug 06 '15 at 08:26
@touhami: Yes, in this case ;-) But thanks for the editing suggest -- the O.P. edited in between and I think the error came in then... — , Aug 06 '15 at 08:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 12 '20 at 22:09

0

I had the same problem, but with the particular wrong behavior just in the roman sections. The solution was to put the command \addcontentsline... after the title of roman sections and before in arabic sections.

answered Dec 12 '20 at 22:09

jaar

1

Welcome to TeX.SX! Could you add some context, detail and/or explanations for how the solution works exactly? Furthermore your answer would be way more helpful if you add some concrete code - even though it might seem "overkill". – Ruben Dec 13 '20 at 16:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 16 '21 at 15:38

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I had this problem only for a few sections and found that it was because of float specifier h! overriding internal parameter. e.g.

\begin{figure}[h!]
% My graphics
\end{figure}

Removing "!" actually solved the problem for me.

answered Feb 16 '21 at 15:38

Pritesh Gohil

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hyperref not working. It goes to wrong page

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