Javascript examples for highcharts:Chart Legend
Displaying Stack name as legend key
<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 () {/* w w w. ja va 2 s .c om*/ $('#container').highcharts({ chart: { type: 'bar' }, title: { text: 'Total fruit consumtion, grouped by gender' }, xAxis: { categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas'] }, yAxis: { allowDecimals: false, min: 0, title: { text: 'Number of fruits' } }, tooltip: { formatter: function () { return '<b>' + this.series.options.stack + '</b><br/>' + this.series.name + ': ' + this.y + '<br/>' + 'Total: ' + this.point.stackTotal; } }, legend: { labelFormatter: function () { return this.userOptions.stack } }, plotOptions: { bar: { stacking: 'normal' } }, series: [{ name: 'John', data: [5, 3, 4, 7, 2], stack: 'male', id:"male", }, { name: 'Joe', data: [3, 4, 4, 2, 5], stack: 'male', linkedTo:'male' }, { name: 'Jane', data: [2, 5, 6, 2, 1], stack: 'female', id:"female", }, { name: 'Janet', data: [3, 0, 4, 4, 3], stack: 'female', linkedTo:'female' }] }); }); </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>