# Clickable scatterplot **URL:** \ **Category:** Dash Python\ **Created:** [August 7, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510 "2018-08-07T17:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kim.rants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@kim.rants](https://community.plotly.com/u/kim.rants)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510/1 "2018-08-07T17:12:45Z")
Hi all, How do I capture the information if the user click on a given datapoint in a scatter plot? Specially, I am trying to catch the “text” property of that particular point. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![chriddyp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/chriddyp/32/16855_2.png) [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510/2 "2018-08-07T17:14:57Z")
See [https://dash.plot.ly/interactive-graphing](https://dash.plot.ly/interactive-graphing) ---
**Author:** ![kim.rants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@kim.rants](https://community.plotly.com/u/kim.rants)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510/3 "2018-08-07T17:27:28Z")
But I get this error: `"output" doesn't have "clickData" as a property.` ``` Here is a list of the available properties in "output": ['children', 'id', 'n_clicks', 'key', 'role', 'data-*', 'aria-*', 'accessKey', 'className', 'contentEditable', 'contextMenu', 'dir', 'draggable', 'hidden', 'lang', 'spellCheck', 'style', 'tabIndex', 'title', 'fireEvent'] ``` Basically, the graph is itself an output… Based on some user input, I plot a specific graph. I then want the user to be allowed to click on points in that graph. Is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![chriddyp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/chriddyp/32/16855_2.png) [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510/4 "2018-08-07T17:42:18Z")
> [@kim.rants](#): > > Basically, the graph is itself an output From your error message, it looks like `graph` isn’t actually the specified output. I’d double check your IDs. ---
**Author:** ![kim.rants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@kim.rants](https://community.plotly.com/u/kim.rants)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510/5 "2018-08-07T17:50:49Z")
You are right. output is actually a .Div returned by a function with a Graph inside of it. I did it this way because depending on user input there might be 1 or 2 scatter plots… Do I need to change this then? ---
**Author:** ![kim.rants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@kim.rants](https://community.plotly.com/u/kim.rants)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510/6 "2018-08-07T18:11:10Z")
`{'props': {'children': [{'props': {'id': 'graph', 'figure': {'data': [{'type': 'scatter', 'x': [-1.8933672, -4.0609117, -0.7470706, -3.4806068, -2.8717048, -3.3993382000000003, -1.6259642, -1.8813276, 1.5114362, -3.8900106, -5.570608, -3.3232646, 0.10351796, -2.0806188999999997, -6.033199, -1.7670560000000002, -0.91152203, -2.0776284, 0.34636766, -4.0827255, -3.8958303999999995, 1.7091908, -0.23818584, 2.4408090000000002, -2.6037266, -1.926063, 1.0623965, -1.9617234000000001, 0.7915464, -2.189582, -3.0916977, -6.5491657, 3.7399697, 2.6534636000000003, -2.3127966, -3.5859205999999997, 0.66403824, 2.3990270000000002, -5.3011947, -0.70591474, -0.84401476, -0.29373938, 1.9677220000000002, -1.4376870000000002, -0.9701138000000001, 3.2277665, -5.7503505, -6.7920694, -3.9885888, -5.0241504, 0.46886748, -3.1973414, -0.5242680999999999, 1.4767647, -5.5044723, 0.99022126, -4.192343], 'y': [-4.200338400000001, -5.883945, -5.561692, 0.17390442, -0.37038374, -4.903331, 0.1578116, -3.2004182, -7.224508, -3.6774976, 1.6739537, -7.5847254, -6.8439393, -3.1436113999999997, 0.01756523, -5.1476755, -0.78528637, -0.99010813, 2.9760883, 0.9647219000000001, 1.7631743000000002, -7.4862850000000005, -1.3320321000000002, 0.031946965, -4.649405000000001, -0.25322777, -2.0079474, 1.0756274, -4.836405, 2.7421777, -5.4601583, 2.0154543, -3.4283836, -4.071985, -6.433365, -2.7555006, 0.1294251, -1.7470665, -7.903554, 0.78021896, -3.294258, -2.3972967, -8.703622, -8.913864, -8.014362, -5.6601067, -6.121775599999999, -0.0063578514000000004, -4.259133, -4.780572, 1.1378171000000001, -7.2063265, -4.886744, -5.5010304, -3.166315, -2.9679062000000003, -1.8261981], 'text': ['TCGA-02-0033', 'TCGA-02-0047', 'TCGA-06-0119', 'TCGA-06-0122', 'TCGA-06-0130', 'TCGA-06-0137', 'TCGA-06-0139', 'TCGA-06-0142', 'TCGA-06-0145', 'TCGA-06-0154', 'TCGA-06-0158', 'TCGA-06-0184', 'TCGA-06-0185', 'TCGA-06-0187', 'TCGA-06-0188', 'TCGA-06-0190', 'TCGA-06-0192', 'TCGA-06-0238', 'TCGA-06-0240', 'TCGA-06-0644', 'TCGA-06-0646', 'TCGA-06-1084', 'TCGA-06-1802', 'TCGA-06-2570', 'TCGA-06-5408', 'TCGA-06-5413', 'TCGA-06-5417', 'TCGA-06-6389', 'TCGA-12-0616', 'TCGA-12-0829',` This is what is inside “output”'s children. Can I access the graph’s “clickData” somehow? ---
**Author:** ![chriddyp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/chriddyp/32/16855_2.png) [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/clickable-scatterplot/12510/7 "2018-08-07T21:05:23Z")
Duplicate of [https://github.com/plotly/dash-core-components/issues/258](https://github.com/plotly/dash-core-components/issues/258)