Change autoref and caption name for only one figure

Question

I saw in Change figure caption name only in one figure, not all how to change the caption name for only one figure but I need to change de autoref name too.

Using

\begin{figure} 
   \renewcommand\figurename{Example}
      ....
      \caption{This is an example.}
\end{figure}

The figure caption change for "Example" but in te autoref it said "Figure".

How can I override figurename and autorefname for only one figure?

Thanks

Answer 1

\autoref uses the counter name in the anchor name to get the term for the reference.

There are various workarounds.

The figure:

\begin{figure}
  \renewcommand*{\figurename}{Example}
  ...
  \caption{This is an example.}
  \label{exp}
\end{figure}

Workarounds:

• \ref instead of \autoref:

  Example~\ref{exp}
  

• \ref instead of \autoref with including "Example" in the link:

  \hyperref[exp]{Example~\ref*{exp}}
  

• Redefining \p@figure to include "Example" as prefix to the reference:

  \begin{figure}
    \makeatletter
    \renewcommand*{\p@figure}{Example~}
    \makeatother
    ... % see above
  \end{figure}
  
  \ref{exp}% -> Example <number>
  

• New counter example:

  % preamble
  \newcounter{example}
  \def\exampleautorefname{Example}
  
  \begin{figure}
    \setcounter{example}{\value{figure}}
    \refstepcounter{example}
    \label{exp}
    ...
    \caption{This is an example.}
  \end{figure}
  
  \autoref{exp}
  

Answer 2

I'd like to propose that you use the facilities of the cleveref package to achieve your typesetting objective. You should

• load the cleveref package with the options nameinlink, noabbrev, and capitalize; this will make the output of \cref look like that of autoref. (Note: cleveref must be loaded after hyperref.)

• provide the optional argument example to the \label instruction:

  \label[example]{fig:xyz}
  

Of course, keep issuing the instruction \renewcommand\figurename{Example} inside the figure environment, as per the earlier solution.

No other changes required.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage[nameinlink,noabbrev,capitalize]{cleveref}
\begin{document}

\setcounter{figure}{7} % just for this case
\begin{figure} 
\renewcommand\figurename{Example} % as per the earlier solution
\centering
ABC
\caption{This is an example.} 
\label[example]{fig:xyz}  % note the optional argument: "example"
\end{figure}

A cross-reference to \cref{fig:xyz}.
\end{document}

Answer 3

You might consider defining a new float type.

FYI, \floatname defines \fname@example which is used by \caption.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{float}% for \newfloat
\usepackage{hyperref}

\newfloat{example}{htbp}{lox}
\floatname{example}{Example}
\newcommand{\examplename}{Example}

\begin{document}
\begin{example} 
   \caption{This is an example.}\label{test}
\end{example}

\autoref{test}
\end{document}