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Javascript examples for highcharts:Chart Text

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Add text to chart

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<html>
   <head> 
      <title>Highcharts Demo</title> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <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 www .j  ava 2s .  co  m*/
    $('#container').highcharts({
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
        },
        yAxis: {
            max: 300
        },
        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]
        }]
    }, function (chart) {
        text = chart.renderer.text("My Text<br>Second Line").add();
        textBBox = text.getBBox();
        x = chart.plotLeft + (chart.plotWidth * 0.5) - (textBBox.width * 0.5);
        y = chart.plotTop  + (chart.plotHeight * 0.5) - (textBBox.height * 0.25);
        text.attr({x: x, y: y, zIndex: 10});
        rect = chart.renderer.rect(x, y, textBBox.width, textBBox.height, 2)
            .attr({
                fill: '#FFFFEF',
                stroke: 'gray',
                'stroke-width': 1,
                zIndex: 9
            })
            .add();
        rectBBox = rect.getBBox();
        rect.attr({y: y - rectBBox.height*0.5 - textBBox.height*0.25});
    });
});

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/4.1.1/highcharts.js"></script> 
      <div id="container" style="height: 300px; width: 400px"></div>  
   </body>
</html>

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