Highcharts Bubble Chart

In this chapter, we will introduce Highcharts' bubble chart.

We have already learned about Highcharts configuration syntax in previous chapters. Next, let's take a look at other Highcharts configurations.

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Configuration

Chart Configuration

Set chart's type to 'bubble'. chart.type describes the chart type. The default value is "line".

The chart.zoomType property configures chart zooming. You can zoom by dragging the mouse, along the x-axis or y-axis, and it can be set to: 'x', 'y', 'xy'.

var chart = {
   type: 'bubble',
   zoomType: 'xy'
};

Example

File name: highcharts_bubble_basic.htm

<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Highcharts 教程 | Example(example.com)</title>
<script src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {  
   var chart = {
      type: 'bubble',
      zoomType: 'xy'
   };
   var title = {
      text: 'Highcharts Bubbles'   
   };   
   var series= [{
            data: [[97, 36, 79], [94, 74, 60], [68, 76, 58], [64, 87, 56], [68, 27, 73], [74, 99, 42], [7, 93, 87], [51, 69, 40], [38, 23, 33], [57, 86, 31]]
        }, {
            data: [[25, 10, 87], [2, 75, 59], [11, 54, 8], [86, 55, 93], [5, 3, 58], [90, 63, 44], [91, 33, 17], [97, 3, 56], [15, 67, 48], [54, 25, 81]]
        }, {
            data: [[47, 47, 21], [20, 12, 4], [6, 76, 91], [38, 30, 60], [57, 98, 64], [61, 17, 80], [83, 60, 13], [67, 78, 75], [64, 12, 10], [30, 77, 82]]
      }
   ];     
      
   var json = {};   
   json.chart = chart; 
   json.title = title;     
   json.series = series;   
   $('#container').highcharts(json);
  
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

Try it Yourself »

The output result of the above example is:

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3D Bubble Chart

series.marker

Set the series.marker gradient to make it look 3D.

marker: {
   fillColor: {
      radialGradient: { cx: 0.4, cy: 0.3, r: 0.7 },
      stops: [
         [0, 'rgba(255,255,255,0.5)'],
         [1, Highcharts.Color(Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]).setOpacity(0.5).get('rgba')]
      ]
   }
}

Example

File name: highcharts_bubble_3d.htm

<html>
<head>
<title>Highcharts 教程 | Example(example.com)</title>
   <script src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
   <script src="../try/demo_source/highcharts.js"></script>
   <script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {  
   var chart = {
      type: 'bubble',
      plotBorderWidth: 1,
      zoomType: 'xy'
   };
   var title = {
      text: 'Highcharts bubbles with radial gradient fill'   
   };   
   var xAxis = {
      gridLineWidth: 1
   };

   var yAxis = {
      startOnTick: false,
      endOnTick: false
   };

   var series= [{
           data: [
                [9, 81, 63],
                [98, 5, 89],
                [51, 50, 73],
                [41, 22, 14],
                [58, 24, 20],
                [78, 37, 34],
                [55, 56, 53],
                [18, 45, 70],
                [42, 44, 28],
                [3, 52, 59],
                [31, 18, 97],
                [79, 91, 63],
                [93, 23, 23],
                [44, 83, 22]
            ],
            marker: {
                fillColor: {
                    radialGradient: { cx: 0.4, cy: 0.3, r: 0.7 },
                    stops: [
                        [0, 'rgba(255,255,255,0.5)'],
                        [1, Highcharts.Color(Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]).setOpacity(0.5).get('rgba')]
                    ]
                }
            }
        }, {
            data: [
                [42, 38, 20],
                [6, 18, 1],
                [1, 93, 55],
                [57, 2, 90],
                [80, 76, 22],
                [11, 74, 96],
                [88, 56, 10],
                [30, 47, 49],
                [57, 62, 98],
                [4, 16, 16],
                [46, 10, 11],
                [22, 87, 89],
                [57, 91, 82],
                [45, 15, 98]
            ],
            marker: {
                fillColor: {
                    radialGradient: { cx: 0.4, cy: 0.3, r: 0.7 },
                    stops: [
                        [0, 'rgba(255,255,255,0.5)'],
                        [1, Highcharts.Color(Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]).setOpacity(0.5).get('rgba')]
                    ]
                }
            }
      }
   ];     
      
   var json = {};   
   json.chart = chart; 
   json.title = title;   
   json.xAxis = xAxis;   
   json.yAxis = yAxis;      
   json.series = series;   
   $('#container').highcharts(json);
  
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

Try it Yourself »

The output result of the above example is:

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