Highcharts Demo - Add/remove plotband

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by Kieran Dang

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.src.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>
<button id="button">Add plot band</button><span id='item'></span>

JavaScript

$(function () {
    var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
        chart: {
            renderTo: '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;
    var noClicks = 0;
    $button = $('#button');
    $button.click(function () {

        if (!hasPlotBand) {
            chart.xAxis[0].addPlotBand({
                from: 5.5,
                to: 7.5,
                color: '#FCFFC5',
                id: 'plot-band-1'
            });
            $(chart.xAxis[0].plotLinesAndBands).each(function (i, e) {
                e.svgElem.on('click', function () {
                    i++;
                    $('#item').html('Clicked: ' + i);
                });
            });
        } else {
            chart.xAxis[0].removePlotBand('plot-band-1');
        }

        hasPlotBand = !hasPlotBand;
    });
});