ElementStacks

HTML

<script src="http://highcharts.com/js/testing.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>

<button id="button">Set extremes</button>

JavaScript

var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container'
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            events: {
                hide: function(event) {
                    chart.yAxis[0].setExtremes();
                }
            }
        }
    },
    xAxis: {
    },
    
    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() {
    if (chart.series[0].visible)
        chart.yAxis[0].setExtremes(0, 500);
});