Olive Tree · Publisher help screenshot
Three ways to link reading windows
The help image exposes window-linking choices. The accompanying guide distinguishes no linking, linking that breaks when the secondary pane is scrolled, and a locked link.
Design takeaway
Distinguish temporary exploration from permanently independent reading. Make the current link state visible and give the reader an explicit way to restore synchronisation.
What this example establishes
The help image exposes window-linking choices. The accompanying guide distinguishes no linking, linking that breaks when the secondary pane is scrolled, and a locked link.
Limits and further verification
Behaviour is documented by the publisher, not independently exercised. Anchor mapping across different editions and accessibility of the control require further evaluation.
Provenance
- Platform
- macOS
- Image origin
- Publisher help screenshot
- Source or capture date
- Help article updated 22 September 2026
- Reviewed
- 5 October 2026
- Version
- Not stated by publisher
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