diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/UiTopoSession.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/UiTopoSession.java
index 7127ec1..44ea910 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/UiTopoSession.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/UiTopoSession.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiClusterMember;
 import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiNode;
 import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiRegion;
+import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiSynthLink;
 import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiTopoLayout;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -214,6 +215,16 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the (synthetic) links of the region in the specified layout.
+     *
+     * @param layout the layout being viewed
+     * @return all links that are contained by this layout's region
+     */
+    public List<UiSynthLink> getLinks(UiTopoLayout layout) {
+        return sharedModel.getSynthLinks(layout.regionId());
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Refreshes the model's internal state.
      */
     public void refreshModel() {