Highcharts - Area Chart with Inverted Axes

Following is an example of a Area Chart with inverted axes.

We have already seen the configuration used to draw a chart in Highcharts Configuration Syntax chapter. Now, let us see an example of an Area Chart with inverted axes. We will also understand additional configuration and add inverted attribute in chart.

chart

Configure the inverted of the chart as true.

Configure the axes to be inverted. When true x axis is vertical and y axis is horizontal. If a bar series is present in the chart, the same will be inverted. Here, the default value is false.

var chart = {
   type: 'area',
   inverted: true
};

Example

highcharts_area_inverted.htm

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Highcharts Tutorial</title>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
      <script src = "https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>  
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <div id = "container" style = "width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
      <script language = "JavaScript">
         $(document).ready(function() {  
            var chart = {
               type: 'area',
               inverted: true
            };
            var title = {
               text: 'Average fruit consumption during one week'   
            }; 
            var subtitle = {
               style: {
                  position: 'absolute',
                  right: '0px',
                  bottom: '10px'
               }
            };
            var legend = {
               layout: 'vertical',
               align: 'left',
               verticalAlign: 'top',
               x: -150,
               y: 100,
               floating: true,
               borderWidth: 1,
               
               backgroundColor: (
                  Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) ||
                     '#FFFFFF'
            };
            var xAxis = {
               categories: ['Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday',
                  'Friday','Saturday','Sunday']      
            };
            var yAxis = {
               title: {
                  text: 'Number of units'
               },
               labels: {
                  formatter: function () {
                     return this.value;
                  }
               },
               min: 0
            };
            var plotOptions = {
               area: {
                  fillOpacity: 0.5
               }
            };
            var credits = {
               enabled: false
            };
            var series = [
               {
                  name: 'John',
                  data: [3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 10, 12]
               }, 
               {
                  name: 'Jane',
                  data: [1, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4]
               }
            ];

            var json = {};   
            json.chart = chart; 
            json.title = title; 
            json.subtitle = subtitle; 
            json.xAxis = xAxis;
            json.yAxis = yAxis;
            json.legend = legend;   
            json.plotOptions = plotOptions;
            json.credits = credits;
            json.series = series;
            $('#container').highcharts(json);
         });
      </script>
   </body>
   
</html>

Result

Verify the result.

highcharts_area_charts.htm