hyperref \hyperlink - pointing to the first page of the document

Question

I am creating a user manual for an ERP software and I am using \hyperlink{}{} option to create the links. After clicking on the link, it is pointing to the first page always. I tried the solution given in the link Hyperref \pageref links point to first page . But the given solution is not working for me.

The code is:

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}  
\usepackage[top=1.65cm, bottom=2cm, right=1.25cm, left=1.25cm]{geometry}  
\usepackage{subfiles}  
\usepackage{tcolorbox}  
\usepackage{hyperref}  
\newcommand{\hlabel}{\phantomsection\label}  
\hypersetup{hidelinks}  

For defining labels I tried both:  
\section{Module}  
\phantomsection\label{sec:st}  
 and  
\section{Module}  
\label{sec:st}

What should I do to correct this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look at our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. — BambOo, Aug 23 '18 at 10:56
When you say the given solution is notworking for me, do you mean you cannot compile or the result is not what you expect ? — BambOo, Aug 23 '18 at 10:57
@BambOo, I can compile, but if I click on the hyperlink, it will go to the first page not to the section which I intended. — adhokshaja A.M, Aug 23 '18 at 14:20
\hyperlink and \hypertarget use the same name. The hypertarget name for \label is generated by \refstepcounter. You can find out what it is using \csname @currentHref\endcsname or look it up in the aux file. — John Kormylo, Aug 23 '18 at 19:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-23T20:50:16.400

This is too long for a comment, but as far as I can see this works as expected without the need for a \phantomsection command. I suspect that the problem is a misunderstanding of how the labels work, so let me show this by way of example. The MWE below produces three pages with the sections with labels defined via \label{sec:st1} and \label{sec:st2} on page 2 and the hyerplinks inserted using \ref{sec:st1} and \ref{sec:st2} on page 3. The following screenshot shows that the hyerlink is working correctly for \ref{sec:st2} (my PDf viewer is skim, which shows these elegant mouse-overs for hyperlinks). As requested in the comments, I have used \hyperref[sec:st1]{some text} for the first link to show how to specify your own text for the link.

Here is the code:

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage[top=1.65cm, bottom=2cm, right=1.25cm, left=1.25cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{subfiles}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\newcommand{\hlabel}{\phantomsection\label}
\hypersetup{colorlinks}

\begin{document}
  blank page
  \newpage
  For defining labels I tried both:
  \section{Module}
  \label{sec:st1}
   and
  \section{Module}
  \label{sec:st2}

  \newpage some stuff
  \hyperref[sec:st1]{some text}
  and \ref{sec:st2}

\end{document}

I have also used \hypersetup{colorlinks} to highlight the links (instead of \hypersetup{idelinks} in the MWE). `

I tried to \hyperlink, because I can enter some text using the command. \hyperlink{label name}{Some Text}. It is not possible to add texts using \ref command. What package I should use for this purpose? — adhokshaja A.M, Aug 23 '18 at 14:17

hyperref \hyperlink - pointing to the first page of the document

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