Highcharts - Credits Target

by Torstein Hønsi

HTML

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

<div id="container"></div>

CSS

#container {
    min-width: 300px;
    max-width: 800px;
    height: 300px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

JavaScript

// Plugin to add support for credits.target in Highcharts.
Highcharts.wrap(Highcharts.Chart.prototype, 'showCredits', function (proceed, credits) {
    proceed.call(this, credits);
    
    if (this.credits && credits.target) {
        this.credits.on('click', function () {
            $('<a>').attr({
                href: credits.href,
                target: credits.target
            })[0].click();
        });
    }    
});


$('#container').highcharts({
    
    credits: {
        target: '_blank'
    },

    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]
    }]

});