Chart selection event handler

Description

The following code shows how to create a chart selection 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 () {<!--  w w  w. ja  v  a 2s  .c o  m-->
    $('#container').highcharts({
        chart: {
            events: {
                selection: function (event) {
                    var text,
                        label;
                    if (event.xAxis) {
                        text = 'min: ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(event.xAxis[0].min, 2) + ', max: ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(event.xAxis[0].max, 2);
                    } else {
                        text = 'Selection reset';
                    }
                    label = this.renderer.label(text, 100, 120)
                        .attr({
                            fill: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0],
                            padding: 10,
                            r: 5,
                            zIndex: 8
                        })
                        .css({
                            color: 'black'
                        })
                        .add();

                    setTimeout(function () {
                        label.fadeOut();
                    }, 1000);
                }
            },
            zoomType: 'x'
        },

        series: [{
            data: [129.9, 171.5, 106.4, 19.2, 14.0, 176.0, 35.6, 148.5, 16.4, 194.1, 5.6, 154.4]
        }]
    });
});
</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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