Visualising Links
Only two major view types actually visualise links in the view:
- Map view. Draws all links both starting and ending on the map. Stub links are drawn on objects with links whose source or destination is off the current map. Counts of links are given for such stubs although web links are not included. Stubs are not drawn for web links alone.
- Timeline view. Draws all links whose starting and ending objects both lie within the timeline, i.e. all events descended from the view container (so unlike maps showing links that join items at different outline depth). Any links whose source or destination is outside the current timeline are not drawn at all. Unlike maps, link labels are not drawn.
- Hyperbolic view. This is link based, in that only linked notes are drawn. Here 'linked' implies being reachable from the central focus note by links of any link type (except 'prototype') and regardless of the direction of the link. For reasons of usability, the graph drawn only extends outwards across up to 7 links; links beyond are not drawn (but can be explored by shifting the focus note).
Visualisation of links is controlled via settings on the Document Inspector Links tab. Customisation of visualisation is possible down to the granularity of individual links types, but not individual links themselves. Note: the global setting to not draw map links was not retained from the old pre-v6 design. The scope of control of link visibility is controlled per-link type, and is global for the TBX document. Put another way, all links of the same link type are either visible or not across the whole document (Hyperbolic view, only, can override this in-view—see above).
Bezier (curved) links can be drawn in a more expressive 'broad' style.
Prototype links are not displayed (or counted) by default—see more.
A Map view's off-map link stubs can be toggled/hidden via a map's Map Settings pop-over.