René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"referencing a plot_directive plot does not work","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nA figure created with `plot_directive` and preceeding label cannot be referenced with `:ref:` or `:numref:`.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```rst\r\n.. _bar:\r\n\r\nTestplot\r\n--------\r\n\r\n.. _foo:\r\n\r\n.. plot::\r\n\r\n   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n   import numpy as np\r\n   plt.hist(np.random.randn(1000), 20)\r\n\r\nreference to plot: :ref:`foo` / :numref:`foo`\r\n\t\r\nreference to section: :ref:`bar` / :numref:`bar`\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\nrendered HTML\r\n\r\n![bildschirmfoto_2017-10-10_18-42-44](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3985599/31398922-d75c4e24-adea-11e7-9347-cbec853efb33.png)\r\n\r\nLaTeX code\r\n\r\n```latex\r\n\\subsection{Testplot}\r\n\\label{\\detokenize{M01/index:testplot}}\\label{\\detokenize{M01/index:bar}}\\phantomsection\\label{\\detokenize{M01/index:foo}}\r\n\\begin{figure}[H]\r\n\\centering\r\n\r\n\\noindent\\sphinxincludegraphics{{index-1}.pdf}\r\n\\end{figure}\r\n\r\nreference to plot: \\DUrole{xref,std,std-ref}{foo} / \\sphinxcode{foo}\r\n\r\nreference to section: {\\hyperref[\\detokenize{M01/index:bar}]{\\sphinxcrossref{\\DUrole{std,std-ref}{Testplot}}}} / \\hyperref[\\detokenize{M01/index:bar}]{Section \\ref{\\detokenize{M01/index:bar}}}\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\nThe `foo` references should be links like the `bar` references.\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n  * Operating system: Linux 4.10.0-35-generic 39~16.04.1-Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 2.1.0 via pip\r\n  * Python version: 3.5.2\r\n  * Other libraries: Sphinx (sphinx-build) 1.6.4\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/quantenschaum","@type":"Person","name":"quantenschaum"},"datePublished":"2017-10-10T16:56:13.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":12},"url":"https://github.com/9346/matplotlib/issues/9346"}