# Highlighting Cell next to selected cell

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/highlighting-cell-next-to-selected-cell/41682>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/highlighting-cell-next-to-selected-cell/41682 "2020-06-28T19:49:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![geoforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@geoforce](https://community.plotly.com/u/geoforce)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/highlighting-cell-next-to-selected-cell/41682/1 "2020-06-28T19:49:56Z")

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Is there a way to highlight the first cell in a row when selecting another cell within that row?

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**Author:** ![Emmanuelle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/emmanuelle/32/7853_2.png) [@Emmanuelle](https://community.plotly.com/u/Emmanuelle)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/highlighting-cell-next-to-selected-cell/41682/2 "2020-06-29T06:56:14Z")

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Hi @geoforce which Dash component are you talking about? A Dash DataTable?

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**Author:** ![geoforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@geoforce](https://community.plotly.com/u/geoforce)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/highlighting-cell-next-to-selected-cell/41682/3 "2020-06-29T08:15:09Z")

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Yes the datatable. Should have included that in the question. MY Bad.