Change ref color of on the 'List of Figures'

Question

In my 'List of Figures' Chapter the data is listed in red, and with a reference to appropriate part of the pdf file. I suppose this is due to

\usepackage[colorlinks=true,linkcolor=red,citecolor=blue,urlcolor=black,pagebackref]{hyperref}

Note that red numbers are used to point to equations, and I would not like to change them. Also, it looks nice with \pagebackref. However, my List of Figures looks awkward, and I would like it to be written in plain black, possibly surrounded by blue rectangle. If that is not possible, then it is acceptable to make it just black, without any hyperref. How could this be achieved?

Answer 1

This is possible with

\bgroup
\hypersetup{linkcolor = black}
\listoffigures
\egroup

or alternatively without the grouping but an additional \hypersetup{linkcolor = red} after the \listoffigures:

\hypersetup{linkcolor = black}
\listoffigures
\hypersetup{linkcolor = red}

The hyperref package uses either colorlinks=true, i.e. the links are shown in some other colour than black, or colorlinks=false, in which case the text of the links is black (or whatever colour is set e.g. with \color) and there is a coloured rectangle around it. The colorlinks-option cannot be changed with \hypersetup.

Nevertheless it is possible to do this:

\usepackage[colorlinks=false,linkbordercolor=red,...]{hyperref}

to get red rectangles around the links,

\listoffigures

\hypersetup{linkbordercolor = white}

to get rid of the rectangles after the list of figures,

{\color{red}\ref{something}}

to get red links (needed for each & every link!). Probably something like

\newcommand*{\myref}[1]{{\color{red}\ref{#1}}}

in the preamble (after loading the hyperref package) and using \myref instead of \ref would be easier, maybe even re-defining \ref.

You would also need to do this colour-management for the other types of links!

(BTW: For blue rectangles it is linkbordercolor=blue.)

Using the xcolor package it is also possible to use

\colorlet{foo}{red}
\colorlet{red}{blue}

\listoffigures

\colorlet{red}{foo}

The links (either text or rectangle) in the \listoffigures would be printed in blue, and the links afterwards in red again. The question "How do I combine link-colouring and link-borders with the hyperref-package?" is probably best asked as new question imho.