Highcharts 3D column hack

by Torstein Hønsi

HTML

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="height: 300px"></div>

JavaScript

// Loop over the chart colors and make them gradients from white
var colors = Highcharts.getOptions().colors;
$.each(colors, function(i, color) {
    colors[i] = {
        linearGradient: { x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 1, y2: 0 },
        stops: [
            [0, color],
            [0.3, 'white'],
            [1, color]
        ]
    };
});

// Create the chart
var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({

    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container',
        type: 'column'
    },

    xAxis: {
        categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    },

    series: [{
        data: [29.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]
    }]

});