Stacked column with point click

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by Ben Clayton

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>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        Chart showing stacked columns for comparing quantities. Stacked charts
        are often used to visualize data that accumulates to a sum. This chart
        is showing data labels for each individual section of the stack.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

#container {
    height: 400px; 
}

.highcharts-figure, .highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 310px; 
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

.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: 'column'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas']
    },
    plotOptions: {
        column: {
            stacking: 'normal',
            dataLabels: {
                enabled: true
            },
            point: {
            	events: {
                    click: function () {
                        alert(' series index: ' + this.series.index + ' column:' + this.x  );
                        drilldown(this.series.chart,this,this.x,this.y);
                        
                       
                        
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'John',
        data: [6, 3, 4, 7, 2]
    }, {
        name: 'Jane',
        data: [2, 2, 3, 2, 1]
    }, {
        name: 'Joe',
        data: [3, 4, 4, 2, 5]
    }],
    driller : [316,222,333],
    driller2 : [0,11,22,33,44]
});

function drilldown(chart,point,x,y){

		console.log('x',x);
    console.log('y',y);
  	console.log(chart.userOptions.driller[point.series.index]);
    console.log(chart.userOptions.driller2[x]);


}