Highcharts Demo

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

HTML

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="height: 400px; width: 500px"></div>
<button id="button">Select point</button>

JavaScript

$(function () {
    var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
        chart: {
            renderTo: 'container'
        },
        
        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]        
        }]
    });
    
    // button handler
    var i = 0;
    $('#button').click(function() {
        if (i > 0) {
            
        }
        if (i == chart.series[0].data.length) {
        	console.log('end');
          console.log(chart.series[0])
        	chart.series[0].data[11].setState('hover');
        }
        else
        {
        	console.log('hovering in else clause');
        	chart.series[0].data[i].setState('hover');
        }
       
        chart.tooltip.refresh(chart.series[0].data[i]);
        i++;
    });
});