# Custom animation slider in plotly react

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/custom-animation-slider-in-plotly-react/88649>\
**Category:** plotly.js\
**Created:** [November 12, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/custom-animation-slider-in-plotly-react/88649 "2024-11-12T15:56:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![eileenmccall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c67d28/32.png) [@eileenmccall](https://community.plotly.com/u/eileenmccall)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/custom-animation-slider-in-plotly-react/88649/1 "2024-11-12T15:56:54Z")

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Hello,

Apologies if this has been asked elsewhere, I’m new to Plotly.

I need to create a highly customized slider that will animate a bubble chart using plotly react. Is there a way to trigger animation events that would occur with the normal built-in slider, but from outside? Basically I want to control the animations in my plotly chart using an external component that I build using react.

I’m not sure how to phrase my question any better, please let me know if I need to clarify anything

Thanks