diff --git a/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/TransactionWorkbench.tsx b/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/TransactionWorkbench.tsx
index 482cb0ac..aa133a14 100644
--- a/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/TransactionWorkbench.tsx
+++ b/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/TransactionWorkbench.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import {
   LabelList,
   ReferenceLine,
   Tooltip,
+  usePlotArea,
+  useXAxisScale,
   XAxis,
   YAxis,
 } from "recharts";
@@ -123,6 +125,47 @@ interface ChartTooltipProps {
   metric: FlowChartMetric;
 }
 
+function FlowBucketClickAreas({
+  rows,
+  onBucketClick,
+}: {
+  rows: FlowChartPoint[];
+  onBucketClick: (point: FlowChartPoint) => void;
+}) {
+  const plotArea = usePlotArea();
+  const xScale = useXAxisScale();
+  if (!plotArea || !xScale || rows.length === 0) return null;
+
+  const fallbackWidth = plotArea.width / rows.length;
+
+  return (
+    <g aria-hidden="true">
+      {rows.map((row) => {
+        const start = xScale(row.date, { position: "start" });
+        const end = xScale(row.date, { position: "end" });
+        const x = start ?? xScale(row.date);
+        if (x === undefined || !Number.isFinite(x)) return null;
+        const width =
+          end !== undefined && Number.isFinite(end)
+            ? Math.max(1, end - x)
+            : fallbackWidth;
+        return (
+          <rect
+            key={`bucket-click-${row.bucketKey}`}
+            x={x}
+            y={plotArea.y}
+            width={width}
+            height={plotArea.height}
+            fill="transparent"
+            cursor="pointer"
+            onClick={() => onBucketClick(row)}
+          />
+        );
+      })}
+    </g>
+  );
+}
+
 const TransactionWorkbench = ({
   period,
   records,
@@ -213,10 +256,15 @@ const TransactionWorkbench = ({
   const yDomain = flowAxisDomain(visibleChartRows, chartMetric);
   const flowChartCellProps = React.useCallback(
     (row: FlowChartPoint, segment: FlowChartSegment) => {
-      const selected =
-        chartSelection?.segment === segment &&
-        (chartSelection.bucketKey === null ||
-          chartSelection.bucketKey === row.bucketKey);
+      const sameBucket =
+        chartSelection?.bucketKey === null ||
+        chartSelection?.bucketKey === row.bucketKey;
+      const selected = Boolean(
+        chartSelection &&
+          sameBucket &&
+          (chartSelection.segment === null ||
+            chartSelection.segment === segment),
+      );
       const dimmed = Boolean(chartSelection && !selected);
       return {
         fillOpacity: dimmed ? 0.32 : 1,
@@ -226,6 +274,30 @@ const TransactionWorkbench = ({
     },
     [chartSelection],
   );
+  const selectFlowBucket = React.useCallback(
+    (point: FlowChartPoint) => {
+      if (flowPointTotal(point) === 0) return;
+      onQuickFilterChange(null);
+      onBreakdownSelectionChange(null);
+      onTableFiltersReset();
+      onFlowSelectionChange({
+        id: `${period}:${point.bucketKey}:all:${chartMode}`,
+        period,
+        bucketKey: point.bucketKey,
+        bucketLabel: point.date,
+        segment: null,
+        mode: chartMode,
+      });
+    },
+    [
+      chartMode,
+      onBreakdownSelectionChange,
+      onFlowSelectionChange,
+      onQuickFilterChange,
+      onTableFiltersReset,
+      period,
+    ],
+  );
   const handleFlowChartClick = React.useCallback(
     (data: FlowChartClickData, segment: FlowChartSegment) => {
       const point = data.payload ?? data.activePayload?.[0]?.payload;
@@ -687,6 +759,10 @@ const TransactionWorkbench = ({
                     zIndex: 30,
                   }}
                 />
+                <FlowBucketClickAreas
+                  rows={visibleChartRows}
+                  onBucketClick={selectFlowBucket}
+                />
                 <Bar
                   dataKey="incoming"
                   fill={flowColors.incoming}
diff --git a/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/model.test.ts b/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/model.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29d0b1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/model.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  bucketTransactionDate,
+  flowChartSelectionLabel,
+  matchesFlowChartSelection,
+  type FlowChartSelection,
+} from "./model";
+import type { Transaction, TransactionFlow } from "@/components/transactions";
+
+function transaction(
+  overrides: Partial<Transaction> = {},
+): Transaction {
+  return {
+    id: "tx-1",
+    txnId: "txid-1",
+    amount: 10,
+    amountBtc: 0.01,
+    counterparty: "Alice",
+    counterpartyInitials: "AL",
+    direction: "Receive",
+    paymentMethod: "On-chain",
+    date: "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
+    status: "completed",
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("transaction dashboard chart selection", () => {
+  it("labels and matches a whole bucket selection across flows", () => {
+    const bucket = bucketTransactionDate(
+      new Date("2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"),
+      "1year",
+    );
+    const selection: FlowChartSelection = {
+      id: `1year:${bucket.key}:all:all`,
+      period: "1year",
+      bucketKey: bucket.key,
+      bucketLabel: bucket.label,
+      segment: null,
+      mode: "all",
+    };
+
+    expect(flowChartSelectionLabel(selection)).toBe(
+      `${bucket.label} · All flows · All`,
+    );
+    expect(
+      matchesFlowChartSelection(
+        transaction({ flow: "incoming" }),
+        selection,
+        (txn) => txn.flow as TransactionFlow,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      matchesFlowChartSelection(
+        transaction({
+          id: "tx-2",
+          txnId: "txid-2",
+          date: "2026-05-15T12:00:00Z",
+          flow: "incoming",
+        }),
+        selection,
+        (txn) => txn.flow as TransactionFlow,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("limits whole bucket selections to visible flows in external mode", () => {
+    const bucket = bucketTransactionDate(
+      new Date("2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"),
+      "1year",
+    );
+    const selection: FlowChartSelection = {
+      id: `1year:${bucket.key}:all:external`,
+      period: "1year",
+      bucketKey: bucket.key,
+      bucketLabel: bucket.label,
+      segment: null,
+      mode: "external",
+    };
+
+    expect(
+      matchesFlowChartSelection(
+        transaction({ flow: "incoming" }),
+        selection,
+        (txn) => txn.flow as TransactionFlow,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      matchesFlowChartSelection(
+        transaction({ flow: "transfer" }),
+        selection,
+        (txn) => txn.flow as TransactionFlow,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      matchesFlowChartSelection(
+        transaction({ flow: "swap" }),
+        selection,
+        (txn) => txn.flow as TransactionFlow,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/model.ts b/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/model.ts
index 6a108dcb..72a7d6cf 100644
--- a/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/model.ts
+++ b/ui-tauri/src/components/transactions/dashboard/model.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type FlowChartSelection = {
   period: PeriodKey;
   bucketKey: string | null;
   bucketLabel: string;
-  segment: FlowChartSegment;
+  segment: FlowChartSegment | null;
   mode: FlowChartMode;
 };
 
@@ -926,7 +926,10 @@ function matchesTransactionDeepLink(txn: Transaction, transactionId: string) {
 }
 
 function flowChartSelectionLabel(selection: FlowChartSelection) {
-  return `${selection.bucketLabel} · ${flowChartSegmentLabels[selection.segment]} · ${
+  const segmentLabel = selection.segment
+    ? flowChartSegmentLabels[selection.segment]
+    : "All flows";
+  return `${selection.bucketLabel} · ${segmentLabel} · ${
     flowChartModeLabels[selection.mode]
   }`;
 }
@@ -955,6 +958,16 @@ function matchesFlowChartSelection(
   }
 
   const flow = displayFlow(txn);
+  if (
+    selection.mode === "external" &&
+    flow !== "incoming" &&
+    flow !== "outgoing"
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (selection.segment === null) return true;
+
   if (selection.segment === "transfers") {
     return flow === "transfer" || flow === "layer-transition";
   }