click entire column to trigger point click event - Javascript highcharts

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click entire column to trigger point click event

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<html>
   <head> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {/*from   w  w w  .  j  a va 2s.  co  m*/
  $('#container').highcharts({
    chart: {
      type: 'column',
      events: {
        click: function(e) {
          var chart = this;
          point = chart.series[0].searchPoint(chart.pointer.normalize(e));
          if (point) {
            point.firePointEvent('click', event);
          }
        }
      }
    },
    title: {
      text: 'Monthly Average Rainfall'
    },
    subtitle: {
      text: 'Source: WorldClimate.com'
    },
    xAxis: {
      type: 'datetime',
      crosshair: true
    },
    yAxis: {
      min: 0,
      title: {
        text: 'Rainfall (mm)'
      }
    },
    tooltip: {
      headerFormat: '<span style="font-size:10px">{point.key}</span><table>',
      pointFormat: '<tr><td style="color:{series.color};padding:0">{series.name}: </td>' +
        '<td style="padding:0"><b>{point.y:.1f} mm</b></td></tr>',
      footerFormat: '</table>',
      shared: true,
      useHTML: true
    },
    plotOptions: {
      column: {
        pointStart: Date.UTC(2015, 0, 1),
        pointInterval: 30 * 3600 * 1000,
        //pointPadding: 0.2,
        //borderWidth: 0
        point: {
          events: {
            click: function() {
              console.log(this.x);
              console.log(this);
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    series: [{
      name: 'Tokyo',
      data: [49.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]
    }, {
      name: 'New York',
      data: [83.6, 78.8, 98.5, 93.4, 106.0, 84.5, 105.0, 104.3, 91.2, 83.5, 106.6, 92.3]
    }, {
      name: 'London',
      data: [48.9, 38.8, 39.3, 41.4, 47.0, 48.3, 59.0, 59.6, 52.4, 65.2, 59.3, 51.2]
    }, {
      name: 'Berlin',
      data: [42.4, 33.2, 34.5, 39.7, 52.6, 75.5, 57.4, 60.4, 47.6, 39.1, 46.8, 51.1]
    }]
  });
});

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script> 
      <div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>  
   </body>
</html>

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