Highcharts Basic Pie Chart
The following example demonstrates a basic pie chart.
We have already learned about the basic configuration syntax of Highcharts in previous chapters. Now, let's look at other configurations.
Configuration
Series Configuration
Set the series type property to pie, series.type describes the type of data series. The default value is "line".
var series = {
type: 'pie'
};
Example
Filename: highcharts_pie_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>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var chart = {
plotBackgroundColor: null,
plotBorderWidth: null,
plotShadow: false
};
var title = {
text: '2014 Market Share of Browsers'
};
var tooltip = {
pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
};
var plotOptions = {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
format: '<b>{point.name}%</b>: {point.percentage:.1f} %',
style: {
color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.contrastTextColor) || 'black'
}
}
}
};
var series= [{
type: 'pie',
name: 'Browser share',
data: [
['Firefox', 45.0],
['IE', 26.8],
{
name: 'Chrome',
y: 12.8,
sliced: true,
selected: true
},
['Safari', 8.5],
['Opera', 6.2],
['Others', 0.7]
]
}];
var json = {};
json.chart = chart;
json.title = title;
json.tooltip = tooltip;
json.series = series;
json.plotOptions = plotOptions;
$('#container').highcharts(json);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
The above example outputs the following result: