Selecting a point by ID using Highcharts

Question

Using Highcharts, how can I select a point using it\'s id? For example, if I create a chart using the following code:

 chart1 = new Highcharts.Chart({
               


        

Answer 1

You can set an id for each point you want to get.

series: [{
    name: 'Jane',
    data: [{
        'name': 'Point1',
        'id': 'point1',
        'x': 1,
        'y': 2
    }, {
        'name': 'Point2',
        'id': 'point2',
        'x': 2,
        'y': 5
    }]
}, {
    name: 'John',
    data: [5, 7, 3]
}]

Then you can get the point by the following code.

// assuming that chart is your chart var
chart.get('point1');

demo

Or if you don't want to set an id you can simple loop thrue points to compare the name you want to find with the point name.

Reference:

• http://api.highcharts.com/highstock#object-Chart