# Timeline plot, is it possible to highlight bar on hover **URL:** \ **Category:** Dash Python\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [October 12, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/timeline-plot-is-it-possible-to-highlight-bar-on-hover/79282 "2023-10-12T16:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Hi @Peilin I don’t think there is a way to do so in plotly, if you are open to use `dash`, there might be an solution. Maybe helpful: > [@Select whole column(bar) in stacked bar chart](https://community.plotly.com/t/select-whole-column-bar-in-stacked-bar-chart/70309/5): > > Hi @Hikari, actually what you are asking for should be an easy task. Because of that, my solution feels wrong: can it really be that complicated to achieve what you want to do? Anyways, a complicated solution might be preferable over no sloution at all, so here it comes: I use the click event to get the information, which column has been clicked (clicked\_point) and use this information for “selecting” all traces at the clicked point. The code: from dash import Dash, html, dcc, Input, Output,… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.plotly.com/t/timeline-plot-is-it-possible-to-highlight-bar-on-hover/79282)._