Spline with inverted axes

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by KSK Kushwah

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">
        Spline charts are smoothed line charts, and this example
        shows an inverted spline chart. Inverting the chart means the
        X-axis is positioned as the vertical axis, and the Y-axis is
        positioned as the horizontal axis. This can be more intuitive
        for certain data sets, such as in this chart where the X-axis
        represents vertical altitude.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

.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: 'spline',
        inverted: true
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Atmosphere Temperature by Altitude'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text: 'According to the Standard Atmosphere Model'
    },
    xAxis: {
        reversed: false,
        title: {
            enabled: true,
            text: 'Altitude'
        },
        labels: {
            format: '{value} km'
        },
        accessibility: {
            rangeDescription: 'Range: 0 to 80 km.'
        },
        maxPadding: 0.05,
        showLastLabel: true
    },
    yAxis: {
        title: {
            text: 'Temperature'
        },
        labels: {
            format: '{value}°'
        },
        accessibility: {
            rangeDescription: 'Range: -90°C to 20°C.'
        },
        lineWidth: 2
    },
    legend: {
        enabled: false
    },
    tooltip: {
        headerFormat: '<b>{series.name}</b><br/>',
        pointFormat: '{point.x} km: {point.y}°C'
    },
    plotOptions: {
        spline: {
            marker: {
                enable: false
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'Temperature',
        data: [[10, -50], [20, -56.5], [30, -46.5], [40, -22.1],
            [50, -2.5], [60, -27.7], [70, -55.7], [80, -76.5]]
    }]
});