That checkbox controls what package is used for formatted references, which are different a different type of cross reference. It has no effect on "<ref> on Page <page>" references, which always use varioref regardless. (I'm not sure why it doesn't, having never used varioref, but perhaps it already supports babel for translation which was the main reason for switching away from prettyref.)
As for why your workaround isn't working (if it isn't), I don't know. If no one else replies, you may have to ask on a more general LaTeX forum / list. http://tex.stackexchange.com/ usually gets very good answers. Jim -----Original Message----- From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of Hugo Hinterberger Sent: 25 September 2014 5:45 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: using refstyle for <Reference> on Page <Page> references Hello, I would like to use the "<Reference> on Page <Page>" cross-referencing format from refstyle in LyX. I set the "Use refstyle (not prettyref) for cross-rferences" option in the Document settings, but LyX uses the \vref{LabelPrefix:Label} command for the references. I tried to work around LyX with this: \usepackage{xstring} \renewcommand{\vref}[1]{\expandafter\csname\StrBefore{#1}{:}ref\endcsname[vref]{\StrBehind{#1}{:}}} This should essentially replace the \vref{LabelPrefix:Label} command LyX inserts/outputs with \LabelPrefixref[vref]{Label} which would be the refstyle command to get the "<Reference> on Page <Page>" cross-referencing format. Could someone who has more experience in TeX/LaTeX please point out what I did wrong. Kind regards, Hugo
