Feature Request: Synchronized/Combined Interactive Browsers for Comparing and Annotating Multiple Signals

[RM7]

Describe the new feature or enhancement

I would like to request a feature for the interactive browser (Raw.plot(), Epochs.plot(), etc.) that would greatly enhance workflows involving signal comparison and annotation.

Feature Description:
It would be extremely helpful to have the ability to open two (or more) MNE interactive browser windows—such as for a raw and a filtered signal—and have their navigation synchronized. Ideally, this would include:

• Synchronized time navigation: When scrolling or zooming in one browser, the other(s) follow to the same time segment.
• Combined annotation: Optionally, the ability to annotate both signals simultaneously, or to view/edit annotations on both signals in parallel.
• Stacked/linked view: Option to display two signals (e.g., original and cleaned) in a single browser window, stacked or overlaid, with full annotation and navigation features preserved for both.

Describe your proposed implementation

• Add an API to link multiple browser instances for synchronized navigation and annotation.
• Add a mode to Raw.plot() to accept multiple Raw objects and display them in a combined/stacked view with shared navigation and annotation tools.

Describe possible alternatives

Currently, this is only possible by manually aligning two windows, which is cumbersome and error-prone, and does not allow for synchronized annotation.

Additional context

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[larsoner]

Synchronized time navigation: When scrolling or zooming in one browser, the other(s) follow to the same time segment.

At least this part has a related section in our Wiki, but in theory it shouldn't be too difficult now that we have an event system in place.