JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<!-- Used highstock for scroller -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.highcharts.com/stock/highstock.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="height: 300px"></div>
<button id="button" class="autocompare">Select point</button>

JavaScript

var but = document.getElementById("button");
but.addEventListener("click",function(e){
    //alert(chart);
    chart.series[0].data[0].select(true,true); // for example purpose only selecting the first column 
    
});
var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({

    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container',
        defaultSeriesType: 'column'
    },

    xAxis: {
        categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'],
        min: 2
    },
    
    legend: {
        verticalAlign: 'top',
        y: 50,
        align: 'right'
    },
    
    scrollbar: {
        enabled: true
    },

    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]
    }]
});