Auto chart height - highcharts

Question

The default highstock chart has height = 400px.
How can height chart be set for auto size based on chart axis and its sizes ?
See the example bellow, the navigation bar is over the volume panel.
http://jsfiddle.net/BYNsJ/
I know that I can set the height for the div but I have a solution that insert/remove axis/series dynamically in the chart and would be nice an auto height chart.
The example is the same Candlestick/Volume demo from Highchart site, but without height property in the div container.
// split the data set into ohlc and volume
var ohlc = [],
volume = [],
dataLength = data.length;
for (i = 0; i < dataLength; i++) {
ohlc.push([
data[i][0], // the date
data[i][1], // open
data[i][2], // high
data[i][3], // low
data[i][4] // close
]);
volume.push([
data[i][0], // the date
data[i][5] // the volume
])
}
// set the allowed units for data grouping
var groupingUnits = [[
'week', // unit name
[1] // allowed multiples
], [
'month',
[1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
]];
// create the chart
$('#container').highcharts('StockChart', {
rangeSelector: {
selected: 1
},
title: {
text: 'AAPL Historical'
},
yAxis: [{
title: {
text: 'OHLC'
},
height: 200,
lineWidth: 2
}, {
title: {
text: 'Volume'
},
top: 300,
height: 100,
offset: 0,
lineWidth: 2
}],
series: [{
type: 'candlestick',
name: 'AAPL',
data: ohlc,
dataGrouping: {
units: groupingUnits
}
}, {
type: 'column',
name: 'Volume',
data: volume,
yAxis: 1,
dataGrouping: {
units: groupingUnits
}
}]
});
});
});
Regards.

Answer 1

here is one example which is resize chart according screen.
http://jsfiddle.net/davide_vallicella/LuxFd/2/
Just don't set the height property in HighCharts and it will handle it dynamically for you so long as you set a height on the chart's containing element. It can be a fixed number or a even a percent if position is absolute.
http://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/chart.height
By default the height is calculated from the offset height of the containing element
find example here:- http://jsfiddle.net/wkkAd/149/
#container {
width:100%;
height:100%;
position:absolute;
}

Answer 2

hey I was using angular 2+ and highchart/highstock v.5, I think it will work in JS or jQuery also, here is a easy solution
HTML
<div id="container">
<chart type="StockChart" [options]="stockValueOptions"></chart>
</div>
CSS
#container{
height: 90%;
}
TS
this.stockValueOptions = {
chart: {
renderTo: 'container'
},
yAxis: [{
height: '60%'
},{
top: '65%',
height: '35%'
}]
}
Its working, and a easy one. Remove chart height add height in '%' for the yAxis.

Answer 3

Highcharts does not support dynamic height, you can achieve it by $(window).resize event:
$(window).resize(function()
{
chart.setSize(
$(document).width(),
$(document).height()/2,
false
);
});
See demo fiddle here.

Answer 4

You can set chart.height dynamically with chart.update method.
http://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/Chart.update
function resizeChartFromValues (chart) {
const pixelsForValue = 10
const axis = chart.yAxis[0]
chart.update({ chart: { height: (axis.max - axis.min) * pixelsForValue } })
}
const options = {
chart: {
events: {
load () {resizeChartFromValues(this)}
}
},
series: [{
data: [30, 70, 100],
}]
}
const chart = Highcharts.chart('container', options)
setTimeout(() => {
chart.series[0].setData([10, 20, 30])
resizeChartFromValues(chart)
}, 1000)
Live example: https://jsfiddle.net/a97fgsmc/

Answer 5

I had the same problem and I fixed it with:
<div id="container" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position:absolute"></div>
No special options to the chart. The chart fits perfect to the browser even if I resize it.