Highcharts - is there a bug with stacked categories? - highcharts

Question

I'm seeing strange behaviour in my column chart
http://jsfiddle.net/L7yd7wj5/7/
The bars are stretched over two categories and positioned incorrectly with the correct labels.
Can anyone shed some light on this issue?
The reason I'm using categories instead of datetime is that I wish for stacks to be shown side by side on the same date for in and out
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: "column"
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Jan 2 2013', 'Jan 3 2013', 'Jan 4 2013', 'Jan 5 2013', 'Jan 6 2013', 'Jan 7 2013', 'Jan 8 2013']
},
yAxis: {
stackLabels: {
enabled: true,
formatter: function() {
if (this.total) {
return this.stack;
} else {
return null;
}
}
}
},
plotOptions: {
column: {
stacking: 'normal'
}
},
series: [
{
name: "Cinema",
stack: "out",
data: [[0,35]]
},
{
name: "Sweets",
stack: "out",
data: [[1,12], [6,23]]
},
{
name: "Games",
stack: "out",
data: [[4,11]]
},
{
name: "Job",
stack: "in",
data: [[6,52]]
}
]
});
});

Answer 1

If I understand the problem correctly, pointRange is what you need:
plotOptions: {
column: {
stacking: 'normal',
pointRange:1
}
}
example:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/L7yd7wj5/8/
Keep in mind that since you have a grouped set up as well, there will be space for multiple bars in each category even if there is only one bar with data.