Chart click event handler

Description

The following code shows how to create a chart click event handler.

Example


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function () {<!--from ww  w. java2 s  .  c  o m-->
    $('#container').highcharts({
        chart: {
            events: {
                click: function (event) {
                    var label = this.renderer.label(
                            'x: ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(event.xAxis[0].value, 2) + ', y: ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(event.yAxis[0].value, 2),
                            event.xAxis[0].axis.toPixels(event.xAxis[0].value),
                            event.yAxis[0].axis.toPixels(event.yAxis[0].value)
                        ).attr({
                                fill: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0],
                                padding: 10,
                                r: 5,
                                zIndex: 8
                         }).css({
                                color: 'red'
                         }).add();

                    setTimeout(function () {
                        label.fadeOut();
                    }, 1000);
                }
            }
        },

        series: [{
             data: [129.9, 171.5, 106.4, 19.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 195.6, 4.4]
        }]
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>
</body>
</html>

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