How to get cross-references to multiple figures?

Question

I'm preparing my manuscript for a journal in which figures are in the following clickable format like, for exapmle, "Fig. 1", "Figs. 2 and 3" and "Figs. 4-6". I'm trying to use the same environment of \hyperref as given in the existing code provided by Heiko Oberdiek, but not getting the required format. Please have a look on the attached screenshot for figure referencing style. The MWE is copied from existing code,

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{todonotes}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\newcommand*{\figref}[2][]{%
\hyperref[{fig:#2}]{%
Fig.~\ref*{fig:#2}%
\ifx\\#1\\%
\else
\,#1%
\fi
  }%
}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[t]
\missingfigure[figwidth=6cm]{- << Ciel, mon mari >> dit-elle !}
\caption{Missing figure 1.}
\label{fig:missing Figure1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t]
\missingfigure[figwidth=6cm]{- << Ciel, mon mari >> dit-elle !}
\caption{Missing figure 2.}
\label{fig:missing Figure2}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t]
\missingfigure[figwidth=6cm]{- << Ciel, mon mari >> dit-elle !}
\caption{Missing figure 3.}
\label{fig:missing Figure3}
\end{figure}

The single figure should be like that \figref{missing Figure1}.
And two figures be like that \figref{missing Figure1} and \figref{missing Figure2}, 
moreover the combination of three figures like tha \figref{missing Figure1, 
missing Figure2,missing Figure3} as you can see in the attached journal's 
screenshot.

\end{document}

Answer 1

I think it's a poor idea, typographically speaking, to make the conjunction particle -- "and", "to", "--" (en-dash), etc. -- a part of the hyperlink.

The following adaptations to the cleveref package may be what you're looking for. Observe that a range of cross-referenced items can be specified either via \Cref or via \Crefrange.

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}

\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage[nameinlink]{cleveref}
\Crefname{figure}{Fig.}{Figs.}
\newcommand\crefrangeconjunction{--}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[t!]
\caption{Missing figure 1.}\label{fig:1}
\caption{Missing figure 2.}\label{fig:2}
\caption{Missing figure 3.}\label{fig:3}
\caption{Missing figure 4.}\label{fig:4}
\caption{Missing figure 5.}\label{fig:5}
\end{figure}

\obeylines % just for this example
Single figure: \Cref{fig:2}
Two figures: \Cref{fig:1,fig:3}
Range of consecutive figures: \Cref{fig:1,fig:2,fig:3}, \Crefrange{fig:1}{fig:5}
\end{document}

Answer 2

You can use the cleverefpackage for this, along with some options for both hyperref and cleveref. With minor changes to the referencing commands used, that is, replace \figref with \cref and \crefrange where appropriate.

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{todonotes}
\usepackage[colorlinks,linkcolor=blue]{hyperref}
\usepackage[nameinlink,capitalise]{cleveref}

\newcommand{\crefrangeconjunction}{--}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[t]
\missingfigure[figwidth=6cm]{- << Ciel, mon mari >> dit-elle !}
\caption{Missing figure 1.}
\label{fig:missing Figure1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t]
\missingfigure[figwidth=6cm]{- << Ciel, mon mari >> dit-elle !}
\caption{Missing figure 2.}
\label{fig:missing Figure2}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t]
\missingfigure[figwidth=6cm]{- << Ciel, mon mari >> dit-elle !}
\caption{Missing figure 3.}
\label{fig:missing Figure3}
\end{figure}
The single figure should be like that \cref{fig:missing Figure1}. And two figures be like that \cref{fig:missing Figure1,fig:missing Figure2}, moreover the combination of three figures like the \crefrange{fig:missing Figure1}{fig:missing Figure3} as you can see in the attached journal's screenshot.

\end{document}

This gives the output:

Answer 3

You can just create a new command called multiref and supply it the first and last figures

\newcommand{\multiref}[2]{\autoref{#1}-\ref{#2}} % from - to

Usage:

\multiref{fig:startfiglabel}{fig:endfiglabel}

This gives Figure 2-5 if your figure locations are the second and fifth figures.