How can I add linked text in front of \ref{myRef}?

Question

I am currently making references like this:

\section{BliBlaBlup} \label{sec:BliBlaBlup}
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pharetra viverra. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et 
ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Suspendisse potenti. Curabitur mollis cursus 
libero, sed tempus ligula accumsan in. Nulla commodo metus quis nulla luctus 
quis euismod diam tincidunt.
[...]
As you can read in section~\ref{sec:BliBlaBlup} ...

Now, only the number that gets generated by \ref{sec:BliBlaBlup} is linked. But I would like to have Section~\ref{sec:BliBlaBlup} being linked. How can I do so?

Answer 1

\autoref

Lowercase section is default for \autoref. But it can be changed:

\usepackage{hyperref}
\renewcommand*{\chapterautorefname}{Chapter}
\renewcommand*{\sectionautorefname}{Section}
% ...
\begin{document}
...
As you can read in \autoref{sec:BliBlaBlup} ...

\hyperref[]

Or manually:

\usepackage{hyperref}
% ...
\begin{document}
...
As you can read in \hyperref[sec:BliBlaBlup]{Section~\ref*{sec:BliBlaBlup}} ...

The star form \ref*{...} avoids a nested link.

Answer 2

You can use the \autoref feature of hyperref:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\section{Blip}\label{blip}
What's this? A reference to \autoref{blip}.

\end{document}

Alternatively, if you want to capitalize the name and don't want to fiddle with hyperref's settings, you can use cleveref:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[nameinlink]{cleveref}

\begin{document}

\section{Blip}\label{blip}
What's this? A reference to \Cref{blip}.

\end{document}