Spider update animation

author(s): Torstein Hønsi Orkun Ozen

HTML

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

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $('#container').highcharts({
    
    		chart: {
        		animation: {
            		duration: 3000
            }
        },

        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],
            name: 'title'
        }]

    });

    var i = 1;
    $('#update').click(function () {
        var chart = $('#container').highcharts();
        var newData = [39.9, 51.5, 16.4, 12.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4];
        //chart.series[0].update({
        //    name: "TEST" + i++,
        //    data : 
        //});
        chart.series[0].update({name:'new title'});
        chart.series[0].setData(newData);
    });
});