Custom Section Numbering Not Functioning

[sammo3182]

The customizing numbering seems not to work. See more detailed discussion in Q&A #1748 below.

Discussed in #1748

^{Originally posted by sammo3182 August 9, 2022}
I was excited about the custom setting of references but cannot find the correct way to set them. In the example below, I tried to change the section and figure labels to alphabetic and sub labels to roman. But as the screenshot shows, none of the section numbers, figure numbers, or their references changed in either pdf or HTML format. I tried to move number-sections: true and/or crossref under pdf. Nothing changed.

What I hope to get are:

1. Customizing the section, table, and figure numbering and correctly cross-referring them. (Custom section numbering #873 discussed this issue, but I wonder if there is an easier way to do this for HTML, pdf, and docx all)
2. Setting the numbering of some sections differently from the previous, for instance, arabic for main content sections and alpha for appendices. (Restart Chapter Numbers by Part #1283 post a similar demand but it seems no good solution yet)

---
title: "test"

number-sections: true

format: 
  pdf: default
  html: default
  
crossref:
  sec-labels: alpha A
  subref-labels: roman i
---

# section 

@fig-test

# section {#sec-test1}
## subsection {#sec-test2}

@sec-test1

@sec-test2

# section 

# References {.unnumbered}

```{r fig-test}
#| fig-cap: "A plot"

plot(mtcars$mpg)
```

[jjallaire]

Thanks for reporting! Our crossref numbering is indeed a bit uneven across formats and appears to not work at all for sections! We have a major work item for v1.2 to improve our crossrefs and will address this as part of that work.