Set custom text for legend label

Description

The following code shows how to set custom text for legend label.

Example


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function () {<!--from w w  w  .j a  v  a  2 s .c  o m-->
    $('#container').highcharts({
        legend: {
            layout: 'vertical',
            backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
            floating: true,
            align: 'left',
            verticalAlign: 'top',
            x: 90,
            y: 45,
            labelFormatter: function () {
                return this.name + ' (click to hide)';
            }
        },

        series: [{
            data: [6, 4, 2,4],
            name: 'First'
        }, {
            data: [7, 3, 2],
            name: 'Second'
        }, {
            data: [9, 4, 8],
            name: 'Third'
        }]        
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>
</body>
</html>

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