# Hidden Timeline button
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** disco-toc
**Created:** [June 15, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240 "2025-06-15T09:05:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mrmowji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrmowji)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240/1 "2025-06-15T09:05:05Z")
I searched for this issue. The closest one is [Timeline button hidden behind draft](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-button-hidden-behind-draft/294187). But it’s not the same.
The problem is the Timeline button doesn’t show up at all.
I’m using the default settings (except `TOC min heading` which is 2 and the list of categories) and there’s no option to hide or show that button. So, I assume it was supposed to show up whenever the TOC is shown, unless maybe hidden by custom CSS.
I checked the styles and it seems the ancestor is hidden of course, but that Timeline button hides with that; if I toggle this style, the button will show up too:
```css
.d-toc-active .timeline-container {
display: none;
}
```
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240/2 "2025-06-15T09:40:44Z")
The timeline will show when you reach the 2nd post. If you click ‘jump to end’ and scroll down to the 2nd post/1st reply, the timeline of all the posts will appear. It is only hidden for the topic post when the toc is present, if I’m not wrong.
EDIT: Found the relevant bit in the topic post of the component:
> [@DiscoTOC - automatic table of contents](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discotoc-automatic-table-of-contents/111143/1):
>
> ### What happens to the topic progress widget when a topic has a toc?
>
> As you can probably guess, there’s no space to show both at the same time, so the way this component works is as follows
>
> in a topic with a toc, the topic progress widget is hidden while the first post is on screen, and you see the toc instead.
>
> Once you scroll past the first post, the toc will not scroll with you and the topic progress will be shown instead while you read any replies.
>
> So, first posts get the toc, and subsequent posts get the regular topic progress widget.
>
> The happens on both desktop and mobile.
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### Author:  [@mrmowji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrmowji)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240/3 "2025-06-15T10:00:28Z")
@NateDhaliwal It seems it doesn’t work exactly like that: “So, first posts get the toc, and subsequent posts get the regular topic progress widget.”. I just needed a reply for that Timeline button (not the timeline itself) to show up. But it’ll show the TOC, even if I scroll down to the second post, until I click on the Timeline button.
Anyway, this behavior is also OK on my side. Thanks a lot.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240/4 "2025-06-15T10:25:13Z")
Did you scroll down enough for it to be counted that you are viewing the reply? What about 2/3 replies - does the timeline show up if you scroll to them?
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### Author:  [@mrmowji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrmowji)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240/5 "2025-06-15T10:28:01Z")
@NateDhaliwal Yes. But I added another reply, and now it works as you said. I guess the height of the previous reply wasn’t enough. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240/6 "2025-06-15T10:29:18Z")
Glad you got it working 🎉!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-timeline-button/370240/7 "2025-07-15T10:29:35Z")
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