diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/networkTab.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/networkTab.tsx
index 83063f19b3..8e366d3a0e 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/networkTab.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/networkTab.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ type Filter = 'status' | 'method' | 'file' | 'time' | 'size' | 'content-type';
 export const NetworkTab: React.FunctionComponent<{
   model: modelUtil.MultiTraceModel | undefined,
   selectedTime: Boundaries | undefined,
-}> = ({ model, selectedTime }) => {
+  onEntryHovered: (entry: Entry | undefined) => void,
+}> = ({ model, selectedTime, onEntryHovered }) => {
   const [resource, setResource] = React.useState<Entry | undefined>();
   const [filter, setFilter] = React.useState<Filter | undefined>(undefined);
   const [negateFilter, setNegateFilter] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export const NetworkTab: React.FunctionComponent<{
         items={resources}
         render={entry => <NetworkResource resource={entry}></NetworkResource>}
         onSelected={setResource}
+        onHighlighted={onEntryHovered}
       />
     </div>}
     {resource && <NetworkResourceDetails resource={resource} onClose={() => setResource(undefined)} />}
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.css b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.css
index 6e98cde085..411e6188c3 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.css
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.css
@@ -62,26 +62,33 @@
   left: 0;
 }
 
-.timeline-lane.timeline-bars {
-  pointer-events: auto;
-  margin-bottom: 5px;
-  height: 5px;
-  overflow: visible;
+.timeline-bars {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
 }
 
 .timeline-bar {
   position: absolute;
-  height: 2px;
   --action-color: gray;
-  background-color: var(--action-color);
+  --action-background-color: #88888802;
+  border-top: 2px solid var(--action-color);
+}
+
+.timeline-bar.active {
+  background-color: var(--action-background-color);
 }
 
 .timeline-bar.action {
   --action-color: var(--vscode-charts-red);
+  --action-background-color: #e5140033;
 }
 
 .timeline-bar.network {
   --action-color: var(--vscode-charts-blue);
+  --action-background-color: #1a85ff33;
 }
 
 .timeline-label {
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.tsx
index 41f9698b5e..0f3df5a83d 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/timeline.tsx
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ type TimelineBar = {
   rightPosition: number;
   leftTime: number;
   rightTime: number;
+  active: boolean;
 };
 
 export const Timeline: React.FunctionComponent<{
   model: MultiTraceModel | undefined,
   boundaries: Boundaries,
+  highlightedAction: ActionTraceEventInContext | undefined,
+  highlightedEntry: Entry | undefined,
   onSelected: (action: ActionTraceEventInContext) => void,
   selectedTime: Boundaries | undefined,
   setSelectedTime: (time: Boundaries | undefined) => void,
   sdkLanguage: Language,
-}> = ({ model, boundaries, onSelected, selectedTime, setSelectedTime, sdkLanguage }) => {
+}> = ({ model, boundaries, onSelected, highlightedAction, highlightedEntry, selectedTime, setSelectedTime, sdkLanguage }) => {
   const [measure, ref] = useMeasure<HTMLDivElement>();
   const [dragWindow, setDragWindow] = React.useState<{ startX: number, endX: number, pivot?: number, type: 'resize' | 'move' } | undefined>();
   const [previewPoint, setPreviewPoint] = React.useState<FilmStripPreviewPoint | undefined>();
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ export const Timeline: React.FunctionComponent<{
         rightTime: entry.endTime || boundaries.maximum,
         leftPosition: timeToPosition(measure.width, boundaries, entry.startTime),
         rightPosition: timeToPosition(measure.width, boundaries, entry.endTime || boundaries.maximum),
+        active: highlightedAction === entry,
       });
     }
 
@@ -82,10 +86,11 @@ export const Timeline: React.FunctionComponent<{
         rightTime: endTime,
         leftPosition: timeToPosition(measure.width, boundaries, startTime),
         rightPosition: timeToPosition(measure.width, boundaries, endTime),
+        active: highlightedEntry === resource,
       });
     }
     return bars;
-  }, [model, boundaries, measure]);
+  }, [model, boundaries, measure, highlightedAction, highlightedEntry]);
 
   const onMouseDown = React.useCallback((event: React.MouseEvent) => {
     setPreviewPoint(undefined);
@@ -215,19 +220,21 @@ export const Timeline: React.FunctionComponent<{
           </div>;
         })
       }</div>
-      {<div className='timeline-lane timeline-bars'>{
+      <div style={{ height: 8 }}></div>
+      <FilmStrip model={model} boundaries={boundaries} previewPoint={previewPoint} />
+      <div className='timeline-bars'>{
         bars.map((bar, index) => {
           return <div key={index}
-            className={'timeline-bar ' + (bar.action ? 'action ' : '') + (bar.resource ? 'network ' : '')}
+            className={'timeline-bar' + (bar.action ? ' action' : '') + (bar.resource ? ' network' : '') + (bar.active ? ' active' : '')}
             style={{
-              left: bar.leftPosition + 'px',
-              width: Math.max(1, bar.rightPosition - bar.leftPosition) + 'px',
-              top: barTop(bar) + 'px',
+              left: bar.leftPosition,
+              width: Math.max(1, bar.rightPosition - bar.leftPosition),
+              top: barTop(bar),
+              bottom: 0,
             }}
           ></div>;
         })
-      }</div>}
-      <FilmStrip model={model} boundaries={boundaries} previewPoint={previewPoint} />
+      }</div>
       <div className='timeline-marker' style={{
         display: (previewPoint !== undefined) ? 'block' : 'none',
         left: (previewPoint?.x || 0) + 'px',
@@ -284,5 +291,5 @@ function positionToTime(clientWidth: number, boundaries: Boundaries, x: number):
 }
 
 function barTop(bar: TimelineBar): number {
-  return bar.resource ? 5 : 0;
+  return bar.resource ? 25 : 20;
 }
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
index e3bd924b8c..900f6bec5f 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import type { Boundaries } from '../geometry';
 import { InspectorTab } from './inspectorTab';
 import { ToolbarButton } from '@web/components/toolbarButton';
 import { useSetting } from '@web/uiUtils';
+import type { Entry } from '@trace/har';
 
 export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
   model?: MultiTraceModel,
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
 }> = ({ model, hideStackFrames, showSourcesFirst, rootDir, fallbackLocation, initialSelection, onSelectionChanged, isLive }) => {
   const [selectedAction, setSelectedAction] = React.useState<ActionTraceEventInContext | undefined>(undefined);
   const [highlightedAction, setHighlightedAction] = React.useState<ActionTraceEventInContext | undefined>();
+  const [highlightedEntry, setHighlightedEntry] = React.useState<Entry | undefined>();
   const [selectedNavigatorTab, setSelectedNavigatorTab] = React.useState<string>('actions');
   const [selectedPropertiesTab, setSelectedPropertiesTab] = React.useState<string>(showSourcesFirst ? 'source' : 'call');
   const [isInspecting, setIsInspecting] = React.useState(false);
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
   const networkTab: TabbedPaneTabModel = {
     id: 'network',
     title: 'Network',
-    render: () => <NetworkTab model={model} selectedTime={selectedTime} />
+    render: () => <NetworkTab model={model} selectedTime={selectedTime} onEntryHovered={setHighlightedEntry}/>
   };
   const attachmentsTab: TabbedPaneTabModel = {
     id: 'attachments',
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
     <Timeline
       model={model}
       boundaries={boundaries}
+      highlightedAction={highlightedAction}
+      highlightedEntry={highlightedEntry}
       onSelected={onActionSelected}
       sdkLanguage={sdkLanguage}
       selectedTime={selectedTime}