# Any way to highlight an item on an inline list when clicked?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/any-way-to-highlight-an-item-on-an-inline-list-when-clicked/27046>\
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**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/any-way-to-highlight-an-item-on-an-inline-list-when-clicked/27046 "2021-05-21T08:10:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![vijay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vijay/32/3259_2.png) [@vijay](https://community.glideapps.com/u/vijay)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/any-way-to-highlight-an-item-on-an-inline-list-when-clicked/27046/1 "2021-05-21T08:10:52Z")

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Is there a way to highlight an inline list item when it is clicked? I have an action corresponding to clicking the inline list which doesn’t show details but does some internal setting of columns, but I would like an highlight or some change in the item visually when clicked, in order to help the user know clearly which item has been clicked. Would CSS code help?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/any-way-to-highlight-an-item-on-an-inline-list-when-clicked/27046/2 "2021-05-21T08:12:46Z")

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What layout are you using for the inline list? For the simplicity of an approach I think you can add a check icon or something similar to mark it as checked.

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**Author:** ![vijay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vijay/32/3259_2.png) [@vijay](https://community.glideapps.com/u/vijay)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/any-way-to-highlight-an-item-on-an-inline-list-when-clicked/27046/3 "2021-05-21T08:13:12Z")

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I am using Tiles layout

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/any-way-to-highlight-an-item-on-an-inline-list-when-clicked/27046/4 "2021-05-21T08:44:15Z")

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> [@The Magic Inline List that thinks it's a Choice Component scream](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-magic-inline-list-that-thinks-its-a-choice-component/24834):
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> I just had to share this, because I’m so damned excited that we (@SantiagoPerez and myself) actually made it work. joy joy partying_face partying_face So what’s going on there?? It’s an Inline List using a Tiles Layout, but each row of tiles is behaving like an individual choice component The tiles are arranged in “pairs” where the words in the left column of tiles have opposite meanings to the words in the right column As each tile is tapped, the word in the tile is add…

See lower in the thread for a copyable example.