Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual

An apparatus for providing functionality at an end of textual information for a topic found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising (1) a first view pane displaying the textual information for the topic and (2) a second view pane displaying media content for the topic in which the window is configured to display the first view pane and the second view pane on non-overlapping portions of the window;
• receive input of a user scrolling to the end of the textual information for the topic in the first view pane, wherein the user scrolls to the end of the textual information via the IETM viewer;
• responsive to receiving the input of the user scrolling to the end of the textual information for the topic, provide a selection mechanism for display via the window, wherein the selection mechanism is configured to perform functionality as a result of the user selecting the selection mechanism;
• and
• after the selection mechanism has been displayed on the window:
• receive input of the user scrolling to a position not at the end of the textual information for the topic in the first view pane, wherein the user scrolls to the position not at the end of the textual information via the IETM viewer;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the user scrolling to the position not at the end of the textual information for the topic, cause display of the selection mechanism to be removed from the window.

A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions for providing functionality at an end of textual information for a topic found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to at least perform operations configured to:

• provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising (1) a first view pane displaying the textual information for the topic and (2) a second view pane displaying media content for the topic in which the window is configured to display the first view pane and the second view pane on non-overlapping portions of the window;
• receive input of a user scrolling to the end of the textual information for the topic in the first view pane, wherein the user scrolls to the end of the textual information via the IETM viewer;
• responsive to receiving the input of the user scrolling to the end of the textual information for the topic, provide a selection mechanism for display via the window, wherein the selection mechanism is configured to perform functionality as a result of the user selecting the selection mechanism;
• and
• after the selection mechanism has been displayed on the window:
• receive input of the user scrolling to a position not at the end of the textual information for the topic in the first view pane, wherein the user scrolls to the position not at the end of the textual information via the IETM viewer;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the user scrolling to the position not at the end of the textual information for the topic, cause display of the selection mechanism to be removed from the window.