JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

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

<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<button id="btn">Move It</button>

JavaScript

$(function () {
        var somePositions = [['center','bottom'],
                              ['center','top'],
                              ['left','middle'],
                             ['right','middle']];
        var posIdx = 0;
    
        $('#container').highcharts({
            title: '',
            legend: {
                align: somePositions[posIdx][0],
                verticalAlign: somePositions[posIdx][1],
            },
            series: [{
                name: 'Tokyo',
                data: [7.0, 6.9, 9.5, 14.5, 18.2, 21.5, 25.2, 26.5, 23.3, 18.3, 13.9, 9.6]
            }]
        },function(chart){
            
            $('#btn').click(function(){
                posIdx++;
                if (posIdx == 4) posIdx = 0;                
                chart.legend.options.align = somePositions[posIdx][0];
                chart.legend.options.verticalAlign = somePositions[posIdx][1];
                chart.isDirtyLegend = true;
                chart.isDirtyBox = true;
                chart.redraw();
                
            });
        
        });
    });