Basic area

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by HemalathaThanigaivel

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
</figure>

CSS

.highcharts-figure, .highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 320px; 
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

#container {
    height: 450px;
}

.highcharts-data-table table {
	font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border: 1px solid #EBEBEB;
	margin: 10px auto;
	text-align: center;
	width: 100%;
	max-width: 500px;
}
.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 1em 0;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: #555;
}
.highcharts-data-table th {
	font-weight: 600;
    padding: 0.5em;
}
.highcharts-data-table td, .highcharts-data-table th, .highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 0.5em;
}
.highcharts-data-table thead tr, .highcharts-data-table tr:nth-child(even) {
    background: #f8f8f8;
}
.highcharts-data-table tr:hover {
    background: #f1f7ff;
}

JavaScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'area'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'US and USSR nuclear stockpiles'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text: 'Sources: <a href="https://thebulletin.org/2006/july/global-nuclear-stockpiles-1945-2006">' +
            'thebulletin.org</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat">' +
            'armscontrol.org</a>'
    },
    xAxis: {
    categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
            'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
        /* allowDecimals: false,
        labels: {
            formatter: function () {
            console.log(this.value)
                return this.value; // clean, unformatted number for year
            }
        } */
    },
    yAxis: {
        title: {
            text: 'Nuclear weapon states'
        },
        labels: {
            formatter: function () {
                return this.value / 1000 + 'k';
            }
        }
    },
    tooltip: {
        pointFormat: '{series.name} had stockpiled <b>{point.y:,.0f}</b><br/>warheads in {point.x}'
    },
    plotOptions: {
        area: {
            //pointStart: 1940,
            /* marker: {
                enabled: false,
                symbol: 'circle',
                radius: 2,
                states: {
                    hover: {
                        enabled: true
                    }
                }
            } */
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'USA',
        data: [
             10104, 9914, 9620, 9326,
            5113, 5113, 4954, 4804, 4761, 4717, 4368, 4018
        ]
    }, {
        name: 'USSR/Russia',
        data: [17000, 16000, 15537, 14162, 12787,
            12600, 11400, 5500, 4512, 4502, 4502, 4500
        ]
    }]
});