Detect a click on event, and add hover/selected style for x axis on area chart - Javascript highcharts

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Detect a click on event, and add hover/selected style for x axis on area chart

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<html>
   <head> 
      <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 w  ww.  j  a v  a  2 s .  com
    $('#container').highcharts({
        chart: {
            type: 'area'
        },
        title: {
            text: 'Historic and Estimated Worldwide Population Distribution by Region'
        },
        subtitle: {
            text: 'Source: Wikipedia.org'
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['1750', '1800', '1850', '1900', '1950', '1999', '2050'],
            tickmarkPlacement: 'on',
            title: {
                enabled: false
            }
        },
        yAxis: {
            title: {
                text: 'Percent'
            }
        },
        tooltip: {
            pointFormat: '<span style="color:{series.color}">{series.name}</span>: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b> ({point.y:,.0f} millions)<br/>',
            shared: true,
            crosshairs: true
        },
        plotOptions: {
            area: {
                stacking: 'percent',
                lineColor: '#ffffff',
                lineWidth: 1,
                marker: {
                    lineWidth: 1,
                    lineColor: '#ffffff'
                }
            },
            series: {
                marker: {
                    states: {
                        hover: {
                            enabled: false
                        }
                    }
                },
                point: {
                    events: {
                        click: function () {
                            console.log('Clicked on the line');
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        series: [{
            name: 'Asia',
            data: [502, 635, 809, 947, 1402, 3634, 5268, 502, 635, 809, 947, 1402, 3634, 5268]
        }, {
            name: 'Africa',
            data: [106, 107, 111, 133, 221, 767, 1766, 106, 107, 111, 133, 221, 767, 1766]
        }, {
            name: 'Europe',
            data: [163, 203, 276, 408, 547, 729, 628, 163, 203, 276, 408, 547, 729, 628]
        }]
    });
});

      </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: 400px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>  
   </body>
</html>

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