# Highlight selected datapoint

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/highlight-selected-datapoint/2758>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** dashboard\
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/highlight-selected-datapoint/2758 "2020-03-26T12:26:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lars\_Andersson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@Lars\_Andersson](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lars_Andersson)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/highlight-selected-datapoint/2758/1 "2020-03-26T12:26:13Z")

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On a multiline linechart, when hovering over data points, you get the popup with attribute names.  
It would be nice to highlight the attribute closest to data point you are hovering over, so you easier could tell which attribute you are looking at, without deselecting attributes from the legend.

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/highlight-selected-datapoint/2758/3 "2020-03-26T12:34:30Z")

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Hi, just to confirm, you’re referring to the [time series graph](https://docs.losant.com/dashboards/time-series-graph/) dashboard block? If so, we do color-code the contents of the popup to match with the colors of the different segments in the graph. (See attached.)

 ![Screen Shot 2020-03-26 at 8.30.22 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/getstructure/original/2X/a/a11ed2a470c3cd74eb677db29ce6c15cc8fb208b.png)

Are you not seeing this behavior? If you are but the association still isn’t clear, are you suggesting …

- Adding the attribute name being graphed in the series name?
- Highlighting the series name in the legend?
- Something else?

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**Author:** ![Lars\_Andersson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@Lars\_Andersson](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lars_Andersson)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/highlight-selected-datapoint/2758/4 "2020-03-26T12:43:45Z")

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Yes I’m referring to a graph like you are showing, but in my case I have 12 attributes in the same graph, so it’s hard to see the color variations.  
Just highlighting the series you are pointing closest to with a diffent background color or Bold that stands out would work.

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/highlight-selected-datapoint/2758/5 "2020-03-26T12:51:31Z")

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Understood; thanks for clarifying. I’ll log this as a feature request.

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**Author:** ![Jose\_Cruz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/jose_cruz/32/1580_2.png) [@Jose\_Cruz](https://forums.losant.com/u/Jose_Cruz)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/highlight-selected-datapoint/2758/7 "2020-07-23T18:58:56Z")

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I think this has just been addressed, as I see something different in the display of graph legends/colors as of today:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/getstructure/original/2X/f/f1afa081a7dfbb8fd0bbcc2a4b2396154ef01f4a.png)  
Much better! Before you couldn’t really use light colors cause you could barely see the text - excellent request by @Lars_Andersson and new feature by [@Losant](https://forums.losant.com/groups/losant)! 🔴