Hyperref options

Question

Consider the following two MEWs:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[colorlinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0}]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
Click \href{http://www.latex-project.org/}{here} to go to the webpage.
\end{document}

and

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
Click \href{http://www.latex-project.org/}{here} to go to the webpage.
\end{document}

Question

Are the two MEWs equivalent, i.e., are the any difference between [colorlinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0}] and [hidelinks] as options to hyperref? If there are differences, what are they?

Answer 1

The relevant definition of hidelinks is

 \DeclareVoidOption{hidelinks}{%
 \Hy@colorlinksfalse
 \Hy@ocgcolorlinksfalse
 \Hy@frenchlinksfalse
 \def\Hy@colorlink##1{\begingroup}%
 \def\Hy@endcolorlink{\endgroup}%
 \def\@pdfborder{0 0 0}%
 \let\@pdfborderstyle\ltx@empty
 }

which tells us that hidelinks is equivalent to the combination of colorlinks=false and pdfborder={0 0 0}. Setting also the border style to \ltx@empty is somewhat superfluous here, as there will be no border.