Highcharts add padding between (dynamic) line charts and graph - highcharts

I have a line chart which is being dynamically updated. I want to add space between the right most plotted point and the borders of the plot
I have tried solutions here and here but they do not work. Under the plotOptions API doesn't seem to be the relevant information.

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In the chart that I am creating there is no tooltip on the first data entry. The graph is aligned with no margins within a container so that the first data entry is the border of the xAxis on the left and last data entry is the edge of the graph on the right.
On the example I am giving the link to, it will show the tooltip when you resize the graph into a smaller version (pictures attached).
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I have been searching this but not able to get any solutions for this. I want my scatter chart to be of fixed height regardless of no of legends used.
Please look into below fiddle link:
http://jsfiddle.net/3o982ewu/118/
"chart": {
"type": "scatter",
"zoomType": "xy",
"plotBorderWidth": 2,
"width": 400,
"height":400,
.....
I have set chart height to be 400. If no of legends increase, then scatter chart height gets adjusted (decrease) accordingly. You can try increasing the legends and notice that chart height gets decreased. I have tried other options like setting margin top and bottom (suggested in one post) but no luck.
I see that in highcharts js, there is 'plotHeight' variable which is used to set the chart height but I find no means to set it from my code or provide into as chart options. This scatter chart will be displayed in pdf so there is no scope of adding pagination, scrolls or any other stuff which is feasible only in web browser but not in pdf.
I am answering my own question because I found a way to deal with this scenario.
We hid the legends on the chart, so this way plot height of the chart will be always fixed. (plotHeight will be equal to the height of the chart which we provide in the chart settings considering we don't supply any margins)
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Stop Highcharts plot area from adjusting

I am using Highcarts with React to create a dynamic line graph. On the graph there is a series for a vertical line which can be moved around the graph in response to some user inputs elsewhere on the page.
The problem I am having is that when the vertical line is dragged to either end of the graph, Highcharts automatically adjusts the plotting area to make space for it, resulting in the graph shifting to the left or right.
I would like to turn this off and allow enough space on either side of the graph so that no automatic adjustment of the graph is performed. I have tried setting margin and spacing parameters of the chart but they do not extend the plot area in the way I need.
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The problem starts with the fact i have a very small area to plot a chart and i need to have markers on it as well. Now because of the small area, the markers are getting cut off and they are a key piece of information. So is there any way by which i can add some spacing between the border of the plot and the actual start of the data plot itself ?
Heres a running example: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/138190/charts/index.html
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When using Highcharts, is it possible to change the contents of the legend to display something other than the series?
For example, I have a scatter chart with just one series but with many elements, so that the element labels obstruct one another and are illegible:
Would it be possible to use the legend to display the element names instead of the series? (each member in the series has a different color so that it is possible to use the legend in this case)
EDIT:
It turns out there isn't any good way to do this, so I wrote my own custom legend. You can find the code here: http://pastie.org/5115536
I hope you find it useful
Highcharts allows to show data points instead of series name in the in the legend. But, Unfortunately its only for Pie charts type:pie.
There is a default option available for the Pie Chart though undocumented in the API.
legendType: 'point',
If you try to set it for other type of chart, Legend does not gets rendered.

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