Highcharts's onReady event?

Question

Is there any onReady (or similar) ready event for HighCharts?

Currently, HighCharts only offers addSeries, click, load

Answer 1

The Highcharts.Chart constructor takes a callback argument that is called "when the chart object is finished loading and rendering". The chart object is passed as an argument to the callback.

$("#the-chart").highcharts(options, function (chart) {
    alert("The chart is ready now");
    console.log("chart", chart);
});

Chart (Object options, Function callback) This is the constructor for creating a new chart object.

Parameters

• options: Object
  The chart options, as documented under the heading "The options object"in the left menu.

• callback: Function
  A function to execute when the chart object is finished loading and rendering. In most cases the chart is built in one thread, but in Internet Explorer version 8 or lessthe chart is sometimes initiated before the document is ready, and in thesecases the chart object will not be finished directly after callingnew Highcharts.Chart(). As a consequence, code that relies on the newly built Chart object should always run in the callback. Defining a chart.event.load handler is equivalent.

Returns

• Chart