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HTML

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>
<button id="button">Flip Y Axis</button>
<div id="report"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
  var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
    chart: {
      renderTo: 'container'
    },
    xAxis: {
      categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    },
    yAxis: {
      reversed: false
    },
    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]
    }]
  });

  // the button action
  $('#button').click(function () {
    var extremes = chart.yAxis[0].getExtremes();
    var prior = chart.options.yAxis.reversed;
    chart.destroy();
    chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
    chart: {
      renderTo: 'container'
    },
    xAxis: {
      categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    },
    yAxis: {
      reversed: !prior
    },
    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]
    }]
  });
    $('#report').html(
      'dataMax: ' + extremes.dataMax + '<br/>' +
      'dataMin: ' + extremes.dataMin + '<br/>' +
      'max: ' + extremes.max + '<br/>' +
      'min: ' + extremes.min + '<br/>' +
      'reversed before click: ' + prior + '<br/>' +
      'reversed now: ' + chart.options.yAxis.reversed + '<br/>');
  });
});