Basic gauge

by oysteinmoseng

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        Chart showing use of plot bands with a gauge series.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

.highcharts-figure,
.highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 280px;
    max-width: 500px;
    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;
}

.highcharts-description {
    margin: 0.3rem 10px;
}

JavaScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {

    chart: {
        type: 'gauge',
        height: 300,
        spacingBottom: -150
    },

    title: {
        text: 'Revenue this month'
    },

	// Defines the gauge area
    _pane: {
        startAngle: -90,
        endAngle: 90,
        background: null
    },

    // The value axis
    yAxis: {
        min: 0,
        max: 200000,
        tickWidth: 0,
        minorTickInterval: null,
        labels: {
            distance: 20
        },
        lineWidth: 0,
        plotBands: [{
            from: 0,
            to: 130000,
            color: '#DF5353', // red
            thickness: '25%'
        }, {
            from: 132000,
            to: 160000,
            color: '#DDDF0D', // yellow
            thickness: '25%'
        }, {
            from: 162000,
            to: 200000,
            color: '#55BF3B', // green
            thickness: '25%'
        }]
    },

    series: [{
        name: 'Revenue',
        enableMouseTracking: false,
        data: [80000],
        tooltip: {
            valuePrefix: '$'
        },
        // Show a large data label
        dataLabels: {
            format: '${y:,.0f}',
            borderWidth: 0,
			verticalAlign: 'bottom',
            y: -10,
            style: {
            	fontSize: '1.4em'
            }
        },
        // The dial pointer can be heavily customized
        dial: {
            radius: '72%', // Matching the plot band thickness
            backgroundColor: '#222',
            baseWidth: 12,
            baseLength: '85%',
            rearLength: '-85%'
        },
        pivot: {
            radius: 0
        }
    }]

});