Scatter plot options

Option name Type Default
allowPointSelect Boolean false
Allow this series' points to be selected by clicking on the markers, bars or pie slices.
animation Boolean true
Set the overall animation for all chart updating. Animation can be disabled throughout the chart by setting it to false here. It can be overridden for each individual API method as a function parameter. The only animation not affected by this option is the initial series animation, see plotOptions.series => animation.
The animation can either be set as a boolean or a configuration object. If true, it will use the 'swing' jQuery easing and a duration of 500 ms. If used as a configuration object, the following properties are supported:
duration
The duration of the animation in milliseconds.
easing
The easing can be set to linear or swing. More easing functions are available with the use of jQuery plug-ins, most notably the jQuery UI suite. See the jQuery docs.
color String
The main color for the series. In line type series it applies to the line and the point markers unless otherwise specified. In bar type series it applies to the bars unless a color is specified per point. The default value is pulled from the options.colors array.
cursor String ""
You can set the cursor to "pointer" if you have click events attached to the series, to signal to the user that the points and lines can be clicked.
dashStyle String null
A name for the dash style to use for the graph. Applies only to series type having a graph, like line, spline, area and scatter in case it has a lineWidth. The value for the dashStyle include:
  • Solid
  • ShortDash
  • ShortDot
  • ShortDashDot
  • ShortDashDotDot
  • Dot
  • Dash
  • LongDash
  • DashDot
  • LongDashDot
  • LongDashDotDot
dataLabels array
Defines the appearance of the data labels, static labels for each point.
enableMouseTracking Boolean true
Enable or disable the mouse tracking for a specific series. This includes point tooltips and click events on graphs and points. For large datasets it improves performance.
events Array See here
Event listeners for the series.
id String null
An id for the series. This can be used after render time to get a pointer to the series object
lineWidth Number 2
Pixel with of the graph line.
marker Array See here
Defines the appearance of the point markers.
point Array See here
See here
pointStart Number 0
If no x values are given for the points in a series, pointStart defines on what value to start. For example, if a series contains one yearly value starting from 1945, set pointStart to 1945.
pointInterval Number 1
If no x values are given for the points in a series, pointInterval defines the interval of the x values. For example, if a series contains one value every decade starting from year 0, set pointInterval to 10.
selected Boolean false
Whether to select the series initially. If showCheckbox is true, the checkbox next to the series name will be checked for a selected series.
shadow Boolean true
Whether to apply a drop shadow to the graph line.
showCheckbox Boolean false
If true, a checkbox is displayed next to the legend item to allow selecting the series. The state of the checkbox is determined by the selected option.
showInLegend Boolean true
Whether to display this particular series or series type in the legend.
stacking String null
Whether to stack the values of each series on top of each other. Possible values are null to disable, "normal" to stack by value or "percent".
states Array See here
A wrapper array for all the series options in specific states.
stickyTracking Boolean true
Sticky tracking of mouse events. When true, the mouseOut event on a series isn't triggered until the mouse moves over another series, or out of the plot area. When false, the mouseOut event on a series is triggered when the mouse leaves the area around the series' graph or markers. This also implies the tooltip. When stickyTracking is false, the tooltip will be hidden when moving the mouse between series.
visible Boolean true
Set the initial visibility of the series.
zIndex Number null