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Highcharts reverse x-axis and y-axis

Highcharts area map Highcharts area map

The following example demonstrates the x-axis and y-axis inversion region map.

In the previous section we already know Highcharts basic configuration syntax. Let's look at the other configurations. Add in the chart in the inverted attribute.

chart configuration

The inverted chart of the property is set to true, X-axis is vertical, Y axis is horizontal.

var chart = {
   type: 'area',
   inverted: true
};

Examples

File name: highcharts_area_inverted.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',
     inverted: true
   };
   var title = {
      text: 'Average fruit consumption during one week'   
   }; 
   var subtitle = {
      style: {
         position: 'absolute',
         right: '0px',
         bottom: '10px'
      }
   };
   var legend = {
      layout: 'vertical',
      align: 'left',
      verticalAlign: 'top',
      x: -150,
      y: 100,
      floating: true,
      borderWidth: 1,
      backgroundColor: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) || '#FFFFFF'
   };
   var xAxis = {
      categories: ['Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday','Sunday']      
   };
   var yAxis = {
      title: {
         text: 'Number of units'
      },
      labels: {
         formatter: function () {
            return this.value;
         }
      },
     min: 0
   };
   var plotOptions = {
      area: {
         fillOpacity: 0.5
      }
   };
   var credits = {
      enabled: false
   };
   var series= [{
        name: 'John',
            data: [3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 10, 12]
        }, {
            name: 'Jane',
            data: [1, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4]
      }
   ];     
      
   var json = {};   
   json.chart = chart; 
   json.title = title; 
   json.subtitle = subtitle; 
   json.xAxis = xAxis;
   json.yAxis = yAxis;
   json.legend = legend;   
   json.plotOptions = plotOptions;
   json.credits = credits;
   json.series = series;
   $('#container').highcharts(json);
  
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

The above example output is:

Highcharts area map Highcharts area map