How to get Highcharts X-Axis Categories starting at the left most point

Question

I have a Highcharts area chart, with string categories on the X-Axis. I want the chart to start at the left most edge of the x-axis and end at the rightmost edge, without an

Answer 1

A cleaner solution is to use the pointPlacement reference provided in the Highchart API.

Add pointPlacement: 'on' and you should be in business. (For reference, here is their example JSFiddle)