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Link: Toggling visibility of a Link to a Body should show the tip if nothing was visible inside

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Mod: Core Topic: Link Topic: User Interface Type: Feature
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Description

### Problem description

The same thing was added for Bodies in:
* https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/24887

The same has to be added to Links to Bodies.

### Workbench affected?

Core (App, Gui,...)

### Steps to reproduce

na

### Expected behavior

na

### Actual behavior

na

### Development version About Info (in Safe Mode)

```shell
OS: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu/wayland)
Architecture: x86_64
Version: 1.2.0dev.20260602 (Git shallow)
Build date: 2026/06/02 19:21:10
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 07de249ec)
Hash: 07de249ec749d3fba6710c78da8bca7c66243347
Python 3.11.14, Qt 6.8.3, Coin 4.0.3, Vtk 9.3.1, boost 1_86, Eigen3 3.4.0, PySide 6.8.3
shiboken 6.8.3, xerces-c 3.3.0, Clipper2 , IfcOpenShell 0.8.2, OCC 7.8.1
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Stylesheet/Theme/QtStyle: OpenDark.qss/OpenDark/
Navigation Style/Orbit Style/Rotation Mode: Touchpad/Trackball/Drag at cursor
Logical DPI/Physical DPI/Pixel Ratio: 96/94.485/1
Installed mods:
* Assembly4 0.61.0
* Assembly4.1 0.61.0-0.2
* Cables Workbench 0.3.5
* Curves workbench 0.6.71
* DFM 0.1.2
* DFM 0.1.9
* Diff Tools Documentation 0.1.0
* Fasteners Workbench 0.5.51
* KicadStepUp Workbench 11.8.2
* Lattice2 Workbench 1.1.0
* OSH Automated Documentation 0.2.3
* OpenTheme 2025.5.20
* Render 2024.12.15
* SheetMetal Workbench 0.8.10
```

### Last known good version (optional)

```shell

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reading the behavior added for Bodies in pull request 24887, then locate the corresponding visibility handling for Links to Bodies in the Core App/Gui code. Reproduce the case where no content is visible and toggle the Link visibility. Done means the same tip shown for Bodies appears for a Link to a Body when nothing inside it was visible.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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