Highcharts basic area map
The following examples demonstrate the basic area graph.
In the previous section we already know Highcharts basic configuration syntax. Let's look at the other configurations:
Configuration
chart
chart.type configuration item is used to set the chart type, the default is "line", in this section we use the 'area'.
var chart = {
type: 'area'
};
Examples
File name: highcharts_area_basic.htm
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Highcharts 教程 | 本教程(w3big.com)</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: 'area'
};
var title = {
text: 'US and USSR nuclear stockpiles'
};
var subtitle = {
text: 'Source: <a href="http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/c4120650912x74k7/fulltext.pdf">' +
'thebulletin.metapress.com</a>'
};
var xAxis = {
allowDecimals: false,
labels: {
formatter: function () {
return this.value; // clean, unformatted number for year
}
}
};
var yAxis = {
title: {
text: 'Nuclear weapon states'
},
labels: {
formatter: function () {
return this.value / 1000 + 'k';
}
}
};
var tooltip = {
pointFormat: '{series.name} produced <b>{point.y:,.0f}</b><br/>warheads in {point.x}'
};
var plotOptions = {
area: {
pointStart: 1940,
marker: {
enabled: false,
symbol: 'circle',
radius: 2,
states: {
hover: {
enabled: true
}
}
}
}
};
var series= [{
name: 'USA',
data: [null, null, null, null, null, 6, 11, 32, 110, 235, 369, 640,
1005, 1436, 2063, 3057, 4618, 6444, 9822, 15468, 20434, 24126,
27387, 29459, 31056, 31982, 32040, 31233, 29224, 27342, 26662,
26956, 27912, 28999, 28965, 27826, 25579, 25722, 24826, 24605,
24304, 23464, 23708, 24099, 24357, 24237, 24401, 24344, 23586,
22380, 21004, 17287, 14747, 13076, 12555, 12144, 11009, 10950,
10871, 10824, 10577, 10527, 10475, 10421, 10358, 10295, 10104]
}, {
name: 'USSR/Russia',
data: [null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
5, 25, 50, 120, 150, 200, 426, 660, 869, 1060, 1605, 2471, 3322,
4238, 5221, 6129, 7089, 8339, 9399, 10538, 11643, 13092, 14478,
15915, 17385, 19055, 21205, 23044, 25393, 27935, 30062, 32049,
33952, 35804, 37431, 39197, 45000, 43000, 41000, 39000, 37000,
35000, 33000, 31000, 29000, 27000, 25000, 24000, 23000, 22000,
21000, 20000, 19000, 18000, 18000, 17000, 16000]
}
];
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;
$('#container').highcharts(json);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
The above example output is: