Highcharts Demo

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by J. Albert Bowden

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>
<button id="button" class="autocompare">Add plot band</button>

JavaScript

var chart = Highcharts.chart('container', {

    xAxis: {
        categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    },

    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
var hasPlotBand = false,
    $button = $('#button');

$button.click(function () {
    if (!hasPlotBand) {
        chart.xAxis[0].addPlotBand({
            from: 5.5,
            to: 7.5,
            color: '#FCFFC5',
            id: 'plot-band-1'
        });
        $button.html('Remove plot band');
    } else {
        chart.xAxis[0].removePlotBand('plot-band-1');
        $button.html('Add plot band');
    }
    hasPlotBand = !hasPlotBand;
});