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Highlight a slice of pie chart in highcharts on click of a div

How do I Highlight a slice of pie chart in highcharts on click of a div? More like copying the highlighting functionality of legends but from a differrent div.
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
plotBackgroundColor: null,
plotBorderWidth: null,
plotShadow: false,
type: 'pie'
},
title: {
text: 'Browser market shares January, 2015 to May, 2015'
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
},
plotOptions: {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
dataLabels: {
enabled: false
},
showInLegend: true
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Brands',
colorByPoint: true,
data: [{
name: 'Microsoft Internet Explorer',
y: 56.33
}, {
name: 'Chrome',
y: 24.03,
sliced: true,
selected: true
}, {
name: 'Firefox',
y: 10.38
}, {
name: 'Safari',
y: 4.77
}, {
name: 'Opera',
y: 0.91
}, {
name: 'Proprietary or Undetectable',
y: 0.2
}]
}]
});
For example in the highchart above I want a different div to do what legends do here. Here is the link to jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/highcharts/highcharts/tree/master/samples/highcharts/demo/pie-legend/

To do this make the chart a variable and interact with it like a typical javascript Object:
// Build the chart
$(function() {
var chart = Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
plotBackgroundColor: null,
plotBorderWidth: null,
plotShadow: false,
type: 'pie'
},
title: {
text: 'Browser market shares January, 2015 to May, 2015'
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
},
plotOptions: {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
dataLabels: {
enabled: false
},
showInLegend: true
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Brands',
colorByPoint: true,
data: [{
name: 'Microsoft Internet Explorer',
y: 56.33
}, {
name: 'Chrome',
y: 24.03,
sliced: true,
selected: true
}, {
name: 'Firefox',
y: 10.38
}, {
name: 'Safari',
y: 4.77
}, {
name: 'Opera',
y: 0.91
}, {
name: 'Proprietary or Undetectable',
y: 0.2
}]
}]
});
$('#button').click(function() {
var point = chart.series[0].data[3]; //Or any other point
point.select();
chart.tooltip.refresh(point);
});
})
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<div id="button" style="background-color:grey; width:100px;color:white;">Select Safari</div>
edit: words

How to disable pointers in pie chart in highcharts

Pie Chart in highcharts, How to disable the line pointing outside pie-chart
pie chart example
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
plotBackgroundColor: null,
plotBorderWidth: null,
plotShadow: false,
type: 'pie'
},
title: {
text: 'Browser market shares January, 2015 to May, 2015'
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
},
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'
}
}
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Brands',
colorByPoint: true,
data: [{
name: 'Microsoft Internet Explorer',
y: 56.33
}, {
name: 'Chrome',
y: 24.03,
sliced: true,
selected: true
}, {
name: 'Firefox',
y: 10.38
}, {
name: 'Safari',
y: 4.77
}, {
name: 'Opera',
y: 0.91
}, {
name: 'Proprietary or Undetectable',
y: 0.2
}]
}]
});
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
fiddle

By looking at the Highcharts API you can find the answer to your question, specifically you want plotOptions.pie.dataLabels.connectorWidth.
There is even a pre made example there for exactly what you are asking: jsfiddle example.
Where they have added connectorWidth: 0
plotOptions: {
pie: {
dataLabels: {
connectorWidth: 0
}
}
}

One of the option is to disable the label. check settings below:
plotOptions: {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
dataLabels: {
enabled: false,
format: '{point.name}: {point.percentage:.1f} %',
style: {
color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.contrastTextColor) || 'black'
}
}
}
},
Or in order to achieve no connectors use code below. distance:0 will solve the purpose
<pre>
plotOptions: {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
dataLabels: {
distance:0,
enabled: true,
format: '<b>{point.name}</b>: {point.percentage:.1f} %',
style: {
color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.contrastTextColor) || 'black'
}
}
}
},

Always showing tooltip on all columns in Highcharts

Here's a column chart - https://jsfiddle.net/kx8qqh2e/
When you hover on a column, it shows a nice tooltip. I want to show the tooltips on all the columns at all times without having the user to hover over them. How can I achieve this?
var chart_data;
chart_data = {
chart: {
type: 'column',
backgroundColor: '#FBFBFB',
plotBackgroundColor: '#FBFBFB'
},
title: {
text: '<b>Category-Wise APF</b>',
verticalAlign: 'bottom',
useHTML: true,
style: {
color: '#454545',
fontSize: '14px'
},
y: 13
},
xAxis: {
type: 'category'
},
yAxis: {
labels: {
enabled: false
},
title: '',
gridLineColor: '#EFEFEF'
},
credits: {
enabled: false
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '<b>{point.y}</b>'
},
series: [
{
colorByPoint: true,
data: [
{
name: 'Sports & Fitness',
y: 1.34,
color: '#2E91A4'
}, {
name: 'Fashion Apparels',
y: 1.29,
color: '#3196A5'
}, {
name: 'Women\'s Clothing',
y: 1.24,
color: '#2F9BA6'
}, {
name: 'Footwear',
y: 1.23,
color: '#319FA7'
}, {
name: 'Clothing & Apparels',
y: 1.21,
color: '#34A3A8'
}, {
name: 'Audio Equipments',
y: 1.20,
color: '#36A3A8'
}, {
name: 'Home Decor',
y: 1.13,
color: '#38ADAA'
}, {
name: 'Health & Personal Care',
y: 1.12,
color: '#38B1AB'
}, {
name: 'Mobile Accessories',
y: 1.12,
color: '#39B7AB'
}, {
name: 'Computer Accessories',
y: 1.11,
color: '#3DBBAD'
}
]
}
]
};
$('#categorywise-apf-graph').highcharts(chart_data);

For the sake of clarity and posterity:
You can turn off the standard tooltip, and use the dataLabels to accomplish your goal.
tooltip: {
enabled: false,
crosshairs: true
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true
}
}
}
By default, a small label with the y value of the column will be placed above the column.
You can use the extensive configuration options, and the formatter function, to customize this label in a wide variety of ways, making it more like the standard tooltip
Example of a highly customized version of the dataLabel:
Code:
plotOptions: {
series: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
inside: false,
overflow: 'none',
crop: true,
shape: 'callout',
backgroundColor:'rgba(0,0,0,0.8)',
borderColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.9)',
color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.75)',
borderWidth: .5,
borderRadius: 5,
y: -10,
style: {
fontFamily: 'Helvetica, sans-serif',
fontSize: '10px',
fontWeight: 'normal',
textShadow: 'none'
},
formatter: function() {
return '<strong>'+this.series.name+'</strong>'
+'<br/>Group: <strong>'+ this.x+'</strong>'
+'<br/>Value: <strong>'+ Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y,0)+'</strong>';
}
}
}
},
Fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/5t50dLow/
Output:
[{ EDIT --
And, since having big labels like this can be distracting when what you really want to do is just see the data plotted, here's a version with a button to toggle the visibility of the labels:
Fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/5t50dLow/4/
Code:
<button id="toggle">Toggle Data Labels</button>
$('#toggle').click(function() {
var enabled = chart.series[0].options.dataLabels.enabled;
console.log(enabled);
chart.series[0].update({ dataLabels: { enabled: !enabled }});
});
-- /EDIT }]

Hopefully This Fiddle answers your question.
The effect you want was achieved by using the plotOptionsAPI link here directive in highcharts.
$(document).ready(function() {
var chart_data;
chart_data = {
chart: {
type: 'column',
backgroundColor: '#FBFBFB',
plotBackgroundColor: '#FBFBFB'
},
title: {
text: '<b>Category-Wise APF</b>',
verticalAlign: 'bottom',
useHTML: true,
style: {
color: '#454545',
fontSize: '14px'
},
y: 13
},
xAxis: {
type: 'category'
},
yAxis: {
labels: {
enabled: false
},
title: '',
gridLineColor: '#EFEFEF'
},
credits: {
enabled: false
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
dataLabels: {
align: 'left',
enabled: true
}
}
},
series: [{
colorByPoint: true,
data: [{
name: 'Sports & Fitness',
y: 1.34,
color: '#2E91A4'
}, {
name: 'Fashion Apparels',
y: 1.29,
color: '#3196A5'
}, {
name: 'Women\'s Clothing',
y: 1.24,
color: '#2F9BA6'
}, {
name: 'Footwear',
y: 1.23,
color: '#319FA7'
}, {
name: 'Clothing & Apparels',
y: 1.21,
color: '#34A3A8'
}, {
name: 'Audio Equipments',
y: 1.20,
color: '#36A3A8'
}, {
name: 'Home Decor',
y: 1.13,
color: '#38ADAA'
}, {
name: 'Health & Personal Care',
y: 1.12,
color: '#38B1AB'
}, {
name: 'Mobile Accessories',
y: 1.12,
color: '#39B7AB'
}, {
name: 'Computer Accessories',
y: 1.11,
color: '#3DBBAD'
}]
}]
};
$('#categorywise-apf-graph').highcharts(chart_data);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-3d.js"></script>
<div style="width: 500px; height: 500px;" id="categorywise-apf-graph"></div>

Rendering HighCharts with PhantomJS and PHP

I am trying to render a pie chart on the server using PHP and PhantomJS but I am having no luck so far. I followed a lot of guides and threads here and this is what I have tried so far but I am getting a 0 error code which I have no idea what it means.
pieChart.php
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="//code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="//code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script>
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
plotBackgroundColor: null,
plotBorderWidth: null,
plotShadow: false,
type: 'pie'
},
title: {
text: 'Browser market shares January, 2015 to May, 2015'
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
},
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'
}
}
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Brands',
colorByPoint: true,
data: [{
name: 'Microsoft Internet Explorer',
y: 56.33
}, {
name: 'Chrome',
y: 24.03,
sliced: true,
selected: true
}, {
name: 'Firefox',
y: 10.38
}, {
name: 'Safari',
y: 4.77
}, {
name: 'Opera',
y: 0.91
}, {
name: 'Proprietary or Undetectable',
y: 0.2
}]
}]
});
});
</script>
Test.js
var page = require('webpage').create();
var url = 'pieChart.php';
page.open(url, function (status) {
page.render('pieChart.png');
phantom.exit();
});
Test.php
$error = exec('/usr/bin/phantomjs test.js', $op, $code);
echo $code; // prints 0 on screen

Highcharts y-axis label floating issue

I am using Highcharts in my project and facing an issue with the y-axis label in bar chart becoming misaligned. Please use the given code in jsFiddle to view the issue.
JavaScript code:
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'bar'
},
title: {
text: 'Historic World Population by Region'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: Wikipedia.org'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Africa', 'America', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Oceania'],
title: {
text: null
}
},
yAxis: [{
min: 0,
title: {
text: 'Population (millions)',
align: 'high'
},
labels: {
overflow: 'justify'
},
opposite: true
},
{
min: 0,
title: {
text: 'Population (millions)',
align: 'high'
},
labels: {
overflow: 'justify'
}
}],
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: ' millions'
},
plotOptions: {
bar: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true
}
}
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'right',
verticalAlign: 'top',
x: -40,
y: 100,
floating: true,
borderWidth: 1,
backgroundColor: ((Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) || '#FFFFFF'),
shadow: true
},
credits: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
yAxis: 0,
name: 'Year 1800',
data: [107, 31, 635, 203, 2]
}, {
yAxis: 0,
name: 'Year 1900',
data: [133, 156, 947, 408, 6]
}, {
yAxis: 1,
name: 'Year 2008',
data: [973, 914, 4054, 732, 34]
}]
});});
Html code:
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="chartContainer" style="min-width: 310px; max-width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 0 auto"></div>