# Element Focused State (like Superhuman email)

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**Created:** [April 24, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/element-focused-state-like-superhuman-email/147997 "2021-04-24T20:02:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![robhblake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/robhblake/32/60625_2.png) [@robhblake](https://forum.bubble.io/u/robhblake)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/element-focused-state-like-superhuman-email/147997/2 "2021-04-24T22:53:31Z")

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Hey @marius , great question! So, there’s two aspects.

I’ve set up a [demo here](https://superstack.bubbleapps.io/version-test/communicator_rg_hover?) to show you how to do this. It does involve the use of a plugin, to circumvent some Bubble limitations.

1. You need a custom state to track which is the “active task”. That’s simple, I’d suggest adding it on to your repeating group. On page load, set the value of the state to the repeating groups :first item (then set some conditional formatting on the task text field / group to show the highlighted background).

2. The fun part. You want to update the value of the “active task” custom state on hover over the repeating group items. Two issues with this: a) Bubble does not have an “on hover” event in the workflows and b) the main page cannot access elements within a repeating group… So, I recently [created a plugin](https://www.notion.so/superstack/Communicator-SuperStack-96d60c157a80436dbb94ed25102032c1) to assist with this communication barrier and I realised it can also be used to make this scenario work too. You can see how I’ve done it in the demo, and you can check out the plugin here.

Let me know how you get on or if any questions.

Bests  
Rob.

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