Change Graph Series Fillcolor in highcharts - charts

Question

AS shown in image, i want to change Fill color by point (referring project state in my case so),
visual for my chart
code i have used so far to achieve this is below,
$(function () {
$('#ao-projectssummry-chart').highcharts({
type: "spline",
title: null,
borderRadius : null,
xAxis: {
categories: ['May2016', 'June2016', 'July2016', 'August2016', 'september2016', 'November2016'],
opposite: true
//type: 'datetime',
//min: Date.UTC(2011, 4, 31),
//max: Date.UTC(2012, 11, 6)
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
max: 5,
title : null
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
lineWidth: 20,
borderRadius: null,
radius: 0
},
marker: {
radius : 0
}
},
credits : {
enabled : false
},
legend: {
enabled : false
},
series: [{
name: "Project 1",
data: [1, 1, {
y: 1,
marker: {
symbol: 'url(https://www.highcharts.com/samples/graphics/sun.png)',
overlapping: true
}
}, {
y: 1,
marker: {
symbol: 'url(https://www.highcharts.com/samples/graphics/sun.png)'
}
}, {
y: 1,
marker: {
symbol: 'url(https://www.highcharts.com/samples/graphics/sun.png)'
}
}
]
},
{
name: "Project 2",
data: [2, {
y: 2,
marker: {
symbol: 'url(https://www.highcharts.com/samples/graphics/sun.png)',
overlapping : true
}
}, 2, 2, 2, {
y:2,
marker: {
symbol: 'url(https://www.highcharts.com/samples/graphics/sun.png)',
overlapping: true
}
},
]
}]
});
});
so, how can i change the plotoption color by point? also how can i achieve background lines shown in the picture?
Any help would be appreciated! thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Ok, so it seems the question is different than what I read it as the first time. Rather than changing the color of the point markers, you want to change the color of the segments between markers.
Here is an approach that achieves what you are asking for, using the columnrange series type instead of a line. This allows more flexibility and control.
The idea:
First, set the type, and invert the chart (columnrange is a vertical series type; to make it horizontal, invert the chart - the x axis is now the vertical axis, and the y axis is now the horizontal axis):
chart: {
type: "columnrange",
inverted: true
}
Update the axis settings accordingly (swap x for y).
Set your data with an x value, a low value (starting point), and a high value (end point).
Set the color to whatever you want:
data: [{
x: 1,
low: Date.UTC(2016,3,15),
high: Date.UTC(2016,4,21),
color: 'rgb(0,156,255)'
},{
x: 3,
low: Date.UTC(2016,2,7),
high: Date.UTC(2016,6,15),
color: "rgb(204,0,0)"
}]
To place the markers, add a separate series, either line or scatter (I use line, with a lineWidth: 0, because scatter series use a different tooltip model, and are not as easy to integrate with other series, if the tooltip is important to you. But otherwise, both work the same).
Marker series:
{
name: 'Markers',
type: 'line',
data: [
{
x: 1,
y: Date.UTC(2016,2,15),
marker: {
fillColor:"#9CCB00"
}
}
Example:
https://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/x7c3t81n/
Output:

Answer 2

You need to specify that in the data array directly:
Example code:
data: [5,4,3,2,5,6,7,9, {y:6, marker: { enabled: true, radius: 10, fillColor: 'red'}},3,2,5,6,7]
Anything that you can specify in the plotOptions that affects the data point, you can specify in this way for a specific data point.
Any point for which you don't specify anything, follows the default options, or the options specified in the plotOptions.
Fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/3d3fuhbb/126/
Output: