diff --git a/js/plugins/hit.js b/js/plugins/hit.js
index 696af05a..7557d7d1 100644
--- a/js/plugins/hit.js
+++ b/js/plugins/hit.js
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ Flotr.addPlugin('hit', {
   drawMouseTrack : function (n) {
 
     var
-      pos         = '', 
+      pos         = '',
       s           = n.series,
-      p           = n.mouse.position, 
+      p           = n.mouse.position,
       m           = n.mouse.margin,
       x           = n.x,
       y           = n.y,
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Flotr.addPlugin('hit', {
     }
 
     if (!n.mouse.relative) { // absolute to the canvas
-      pos += 'top:'
+      pos += 'top:';
       if      (p.charAt(0) == 'n') pos += (oTop + m + top);
       else if (p.charAt(0) == 's') pos += (oTop - m + top + this.plotHeight - size.height);
       pos += 'px;bottom:auto;left:';
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ Flotr.addPlugin('hit', {
         },
         radius = (Math.min(this.canvasWidth, this.canvasHeight) * s.pie.sizeRatio) / 2,
         bisection = n.sAngle<n.eAngle ? (n.sAngle + n.eAngle) / 2: (n.sAngle + n.eAngle + 2* Math.PI) / 2;
-      
+
       pos += 'bottom:' + (m - top - center.y - Math.sin(bisection) * radius/2 + this.canvasHeight) + 'px;top:auto;';
       pos += 'left:' + (m + left + center.x + Math.cos(bisection) * radius/2) + 'px;right:auto;';
 
     // Default
     } else {
-      pos += 'top:'
+      pos += 'top:';
       if (/n/.test(p)) pos += (oTop - m + top + n.yaxis.d2p(n.y) - size.height);
       else             pos += (oTop + m + top + n.yaxis.d2p(n.y));
       pos += 'px;bottom:auto;left:';
diff --git a/js/types/timeline.js b/js/types/timeline.js
index 59ea6094..8905df52 100644
--- a/js/types/timeline.js
+++ b/js/types/timeline.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Flotr.addType('timeline', {
 
     Flotr._.each(data, function (timeline) {
 
-      var 
+      var
         x   = timeline[0],
         y   = timeline[1],
         w   = timeline[2],
@@ -58,6 +58,40 @@ Flotr.addType('timeline', {
     });
   },
 
+  hit : function (options) {
+      var
+        data   = options.data,
+        args   = options.args,
+        n      = args[1],
+        mouse  = args[0],
+        x      = options.xInverse(mouse.relX),
+        y      = options.yInverse(mouse.relY),
+        h      = options.barWidth,
+        x0, x1, y0, y1, i;
+
+      for (i = data.length; i--;) {
+        w = data[i][2];
+        x0 = data[i][0];
+        x1 = x0 + w;
+
+	y0 = data[i][1] + h;
+	y1 = data[i][1] - h;
+
+	if ((x >= x0) && (x <= x1) && (y <= y0) && (y >= y1)) {
+            n.x = x0;
+            n.y = y0 - h;
+            n.index = i;
+            n.seriesIndex = options.index;
+        }
+      }
+  },
+
+  drawHit : function(options) {
+  },
+
+  clearHit : function(options) {
+  },
+
   extendRange : function (series) {
 
     var