Legend padding settings

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by kzoon

HTML

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 300px"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $('#container').highcharts({

        chart: {
            type: 'column'
        },

        title: {
            text: 'Padding and item margins demonstrated'
        },

        legend: {
            symbolWidth: 15, //defaults to 30 for lines, 15 for surface (column/pie etc.)
            symbolPadding: 10, //defaults to 5
            padding: 10,
            itemMarginTop: 2,
            itemMarginBottom: 2,
            itemDistance:15, //defaults to 8
             layout: 'vertical',
            align: 'right',
            verticalAlign: 'middle'
       },

        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]
        }, {
            data: [95.6, 54.4, 29.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1]
        }, {
            data: [71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4, 29.9],
            name: 'Series 3'
        }]
    });
});