by Torstein Hønsi

Column chart

A column chart displays data as vertical bars.

The column chart has the same options as a series. For an overview of the area chart options see the API reference.

Histogram

Column charts can be used to make histogram charts by setting the padding between points and groups to 0.

plotOptions: {
    column: {
        pointPadding: 0,
        borderWidth: 0,
        groupPadding: 0,
        shadow: false
    }
}

Note that borderWidth and shadows are also turned off in the example so the columns do not overlap.