Highcharts Basic Column Chart
The following example demonstrates a basic column chart.
We have already learned about Highcharts basic configuration syntax in previous chapters. Now, let's look at other configurations.
Configuration
Chart Configuration
Set the chart's type property to column, where chart.type describes the chart type. The default value is "line".
var chart = {
type: 'column'
};
Example
Filename: highcharts_column_basic.htm
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Highcharts Tutorial | 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>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var chart = {
type: 'column'
};
var title = {
text: 'Monthly Average Rainfall'
};
var subtitle = {
text: 'Source: tutorialpro.org'
};
var xAxis = {
categories: ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec'],
crosshair: true
};
var yAxis = {
min: 0,
title: {
text: 'Rainfall (mm)'
}
};
var tooltip = {
headerFormat: '<span style="font-size:10px">{point.key}</span><table>',
pointFormat: '<tr><td style="color:{series.color};padding:0">{series.name}: </td>' +
'<td style="padding:0"><b>{point.y:.1f} mm</b></td></tr>',
footerFormat: '</table>',
shared: true,
useHTML: true
};
var plotOptions = {
column: {
pointPadding: 0.2,
borderWidth: 0
}
};
var credits = {
enabled: false
};
var series= [{
name: 'Tokyo',
data: [49.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]
}, {
name: 'New York',
data: [83.6, 78.8, 98.5, 93.4, 106.0, 84.5, 105.0, 104.3, 91.2, 83.5, 106.6, 92.3]
}, {
name: 'London',
data: [48.9, 38.8, 39.3, 41.4, 47.0, 48.3, 59.0, 59.6, 52.4, 65.2, 59.3, 51.2]
}, {
name: 'Berlin',
data: [42.4, 33.2, 34.5, 39.7, 52.6, 75.5, 57.4, 60.4, 47.6, 39.1, 46.8, 51.1]
}];
var json = {};
json.chart = chart;
json.title = title;
json.subtitle = subtitle;
json.tooltip = tooltip;
json.xAxis = xAxis;
json.yAxis = yAxis;
json.series = series;
json.plotOptions = plotOptions;
json.credits = credits;
$('#container').highcharts(json);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
The above example will output: