diff --git a/fixtracks/widgets/detectiontimeline.py b/fixtracks/widgets/detectiontimeline.py
index 5464a7a..65e1659 100644
--- a/fixtracks/widgets/detectiontimeline.py
+++ b/fixtracks/widgets/detectiontimeline.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import logging
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QSizePolicy, QGraphicsView, QGraphicsScene, QGraphicsItem, QGraphicsRectItem, QGraphicsLineItem
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QSizePolicy, QLabel
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QGraphicsView, QGraphicsScene, QGraphicsItem, QGraphicsRectItem, QGraphicsLineItem
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt, QRectF, QRectF
 from PySide6.QtGui import QBrush, QColor, QPen, QFont
 
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ class DetectionTimeline(QWidget):
         self._view = QGraphicsView()
         # self._view.setRenderHints(QPainter.RenderHint.Antialiasing | QPainter.RenderHint.SmoothPixmapTransform);
         self._view.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding)
+        self._view.setScene(self._scene)
+        self._view.fitInView(self._scene.sceneRect(), aspectRadioMode=Qt.AspectRatioMode.KeepAspectRatio)
+        self.fit_scene_to_view()
 
         t1_label = self._scene.addText("track 1", font)
         t1_label.setDefaultTextColor(self._t1_pen.color())
@@ -120,17 +124,19 @@ class DetectionTimeline(QWidget):
         other_label.setDefaultTextColor(self._other_pen.color())
         other_label.setPos(0, 30)
 
-        self._view.setScene(self._scene)
-        self._view.fitInView(self._scene.sceneRect(), aspectRadioMode=Qt.AspectRatioMode.KeepAspectRatio)
+        self._position_label = QLabel("")
+        f = self._position_label.font()
+        f.setPointSize(9)
+        self._position_label.setFont(f)
 
         layout = QVBoxLayout()
         layout.addWidget(self._view)
+        layout.addWidget(self._position_label, Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignRight)
         self.setLayout(layout)
 
         if self._data is not None:
             self.draw_coverage()
-        self.fit_scene_to_view()
-        self.setMaximumHeight(100)
+        # self.setMaximumHeight(100)
         # self.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
 
     def setDetectionData(self, data):
@@ -149,7 +155,7 @@ class DetectionTimeline(QWidget):
             track1_frames = self._data.frame.values[self._data.track == self._trackone]
             track2_frames = self._data.frame.values[self._data.track == self._tracktwo]
             other_frames = self._data.frame.values[(self._data.track != self._trackone) &
-                                                (self._data.track != self._tracktwo)]
+                                                   (self._data.track != self._tracktwo)]
         elif isinstance(self._data, dict):
             maxframe = np.max(self._data["frame"])
             bins = np.linspace(0, maxframe, self._stepCount)
@@ -172,6 +178,11 @@ class DetectionTimeline(QWidget):
             if t2_coverage[i]: self._scene.addLine(pos[i], 17, pos[i], 32., pen=self._t2_pen)
             if other_coverage[i]: self._scene.addLine(pos[i], 34, pos[i], 49., pen=self._other_pen)
 
+    def updatePosition(self):
+        start = np.round(self._rangeStart * 100, 1)
+        stop = np.round(self._rangeStop * 100, 1)
+        self._position_label.setText(f"Current position: {start}% to {stop}% of data.")
+
     @property
     def rangeStart(self):
         return self._rangeStart
@@ -194,6 +205,7 @@ class DetectionTimeline(QWidget):
         self._rangeStart = np.round(self._window.sceneBoundingRect().left() / scene_width, 3)
         self._rangeStop = np.round(self._window.sceneBoundingRect().right() / scene_width, 3)
         logging.debug("Timeline: WindowUpdated positions start: %.3f end: %.3f", self.rangeStart, self.rangeStop)
+        self.updatePosition()
         self.signals.windowMoved.emit()
 
     def setWindowPos(self, newx: float):