Hi, I agree with Christian's objections/comments in general.
What would be the problem of having normal labels automatically inserted by LyX when one refers to a section etc in an appropriately enhanced insert->cross-reference dialog? In this way, 1) one doesn't have to insert them manually 2) LyX comes up with a good name 3) no artificial strange copy-paste semantics is needed, they are just normal labels. Additionally, a) an easy way to go to referers of a label and b) missing label latex warnings being catch by the errorlist, would make working with cross references much nicer. Sorry if some/everything of this was already proposed :-} A/
