Get the title instead of the number of a referenced chapter/section?

Question

In my document I am referencing a section, e.g.

\section{My Section}\label{test}
Also see section\ref{test}

This gives me, e.g.

Also see section 1

but what I want is:

Also see section My Section

How can I do that?

Answer 1

The nameref package does what you want (and cooperates well with hyperref).

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{nameref}% Only if hyperref isn't loaded
% \usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\section{foo}\label{test}

Some text.

\section{bar}

Some text. Also see section \nameref{test}.

\end{document}