Highcharts test tool

by J. Albert Bowden

HTML

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="width: 300px; height: 300px; margin: 0 auto"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
    
    /**
     * Get the current time
     */
    function getNow () {
        var now = new Date();
            
        return {
            hours: now.getHours() + now.getMinutes() / 60,
            minutes: now.getMinutes() * 12 / 60 + now.getSeconds() * 12 / 3600,
            seconds: now.getSeconds() * 12 / 60
        };
    };
    
    var now = getNow();
    
    // Create the chart
    var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
    
        chart: {
            renderTo: 'container',
            type: 'gauge',
            plotBackgroundColor: null,
            plotBackgroundImage: null,
            plotBorderWidth: 0,
            plotShadow: false,
            height: 200
        },
        
        credits: {
            enabled: false
        },
        
        title: {
            text: 'The Highcharts clock'
        },
        
        pane: {
            background: [{
                // default background
            }, {
                // reflex for supported browsers
                backgroundColor: Highcharts.svg ? {
                    radialGradient: {
                        cx: 0.5,
                        cy: -0.4,
                        r: 1.9
                    },
                    stops: [
                        [0.5, 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)'],
                        [0.5, 'rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.2)']
                    ]
                } : null
            }]
        },
        
        yAxis: {
            labels: {
                distance: -20
            },
            min: 0,
            max: 12,
            lineWidth: 0,
            showFirstLabel: false,
            
            minorTickInterval: 'auto',
            minorTickWidth: 1,
            minorTickLength: 5,
            minorTickPosition: 'inside',
            minorGridLineWidth: 0,
            minorTickColor: '#666',
    
            tickInterval: 1,
            tickWidth: 2,
            tickPosition: 'inside',
            tickLength: 10,
         ...