Highcharts Negative Values Area Chart

In the previous chapters, we learned how to setup highcharts library and how to create a chart with required configurations using highcharts library in our webpage. Now, we will learn how to create an area chart with negative values using highcharts library with examples.

Highcharts Negative Values Area Chart Example

Following is the example of creating an area chart with negative values by setting the required area chart properties using highcharts library.

 

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<html>

<head>

    <title>Highcharts Negative Values Area Chart</title>

    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>

    <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>

    <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

    <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">

        $(function() {

            Highcharts.chart('container', {

                chart: {

                    type: 'area'

                },

                title: {

                    text: 'Area chart with negative values'

                },

                xAxis: {

                    categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas']

                },

                credits: {

                    enabled: false

                },

                series: [{

                    name: 'John',

                    data: [5, 3, 4, 7, 2]

                }, {

                    name: 'Jane',

                    data: [2, -2, -3, 2, 1]

                }, {

                    name: 'Joe',

                    data: [3, 4, 4, -2, 5]

                }]

            });

        });

    </script>

</head>

<body>

    <div id="container" style="width: 100%; height: 400px;"> </div>

</body>

</html>

If you observe the above example, we created an area chart with negative values using highcharts library with required properties.

 

When we execute the above highcharts example, we will get the result like as shown below.

 

Highcharts Negative Values Area Chart Example Result

 

This is how we can create area chart with negative values using highcharts library with required properties.