Highcharts Bubble Chart
In this section, we will introduce the bubble chart of Highcharts.
We have already learned about Highcharts configuration syntax in the previous sections. Now, let's look at other configurations of Highcharts.
Configuration
Chart Configuration
Set the chart type to 'bubble'. The chart.type describes the type of the chart. The default value is "line".
The chart.zoomType property allows configuring chart zooming by dragging the mouse to zoom along the x-axis, y-axis, or both. It can be set to: 'x', 'y', 'xy'.
var chart = {
type: 'bubble',
zoomType: 'xy'
};
Example
Filename: highcharts_bubble_basic.htm
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Highcharts Tutorial | tutorialpro.org(tutorialpro.org)</title>
<script src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var chart = {
type: 'bubble',
zoomType: 'xy'
};
var title = {
text: 'Highcharts Bubbles'
};
var series= [{
data: [[97, 36, 79], [94, 74, 60], [68, 76, 58], [64, 87, 56], [68, 27, 73], [74, 99, 42], [7, 93, 87], [51, 69, 40], [38, 23, 33], [57, 86, 31]]
}, {
data: [[25, 10, 87], [2, 75, 59], [11, 54, 8], [86, 55, 93], [5, 3, 58], [90, 63, 44], [91, 33, 17], [97, 3, 56], [15, 67, 48], [54, 25, 81]]
}, {
data: [[47, 47, 21], [20, 12, 4], [6, 76, 91], [38, 30, 60], [57, 98, 64], [61, 17, 80], [83, 60, 13], [67, 78, 75], [64, 12, 10], [30, 77, 82]]
}
];
var json = {};
json.chart = chart;
json.title = title;
json.series = series;
$('#container').highcharts(json);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
The above example output is:
3D Bubble Chart
series.marker
Set the series.marker gradient to give it a 3D effect.
marker: {
fillColor: {
radialGradient: { cx: 0.4, cy: 0.3, r: 0.7 },
stops: [
[0, 'rgba(255,255,255,0.5)'],
[1, Highcharts.Color(Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]).setOpacity(0.5).get('rgba')]
]
}
}
Example
Filename: highcharts_bubble_3d.htm
<html>
<head>
<title>Highcharts Tutorial | tutorialpro.org(tutorialpro.org)</title>
<script src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/try/demo_source/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var chart = {
type: 'bubble',
plotBorderWidth: 1,
zoomType: 'xy'
};
var title = {
text: 'Highcharts bubbles with radial gradient fill'
};
var xAxis = {
gridLineWidth: 1
};
var yAxis = {
startOnTick: false,
endOnTick: false
};
var series= [{
data: [
[9, 81, 63],
[98, 5, 89],
[51, 50, 73],
[41, 22, 14],
[58, 24, 20],
[78, 37, 34],
[55, 56, 53],
[18, 45, 70],
[42, 44, 28],
[3, 52, 59],
[31, 18, 97],
[79, 91, 63],
[93, 23, 23],
[44, 83, 22]
],
marker: {
fillColor: {
radialGradient: { cx: 0.4, cy: 0.3, r: 0.7 },
stops: [
[0, 'rgba(255,255,255,0.5)'],
[1, Highcharts.Color(Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]).setOpacity(0.5).get('rgba')]
]
}
}
}, {
data: [
[42, 38, 20],
[6, 18, 1],
[1, 93, 55],
[57, 2, 90],
[80, 76, 22],
[11, 74, 96],
[88, 56, 10],
[30, 47, 49],
[57, 62, 98],
[4, 16, 16],
[46, 10, 11],
[22, 87, 89],
[57, 91, 82],
[45, 15, 98]
],
marker: {
fillColor: {
radialGradient: { cx: 0.4, cy: 0.3, r: 0.7 },
stops: [
[0, 'rgba(255,255,255,0.5)'],
[1, Highcharts.Color(Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]).setOpacity(0.5).get('rgba')]
]
}
}
}
];
var json = {};
json.chart = chart;
json.title = title;
json.xAxis = xAxis;
json.yAxis = yAxis;
json.series = series;
$('#container').highcharts(json);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
The above example output is: