Question

I have a xAxis which is in datetime format on highcharts.

I send millisecond position of xAxis to place point on chart.

The total time on xAxis is about 2 years.

But I want to show tick only where there are some points (about 6 points).

For the moment, ticks are show at regular interval with the date.

Here is what I have :

And what I need :

thanks,

Answer 1

This is possible,

you can use

xAxis.labels.formatter 

this is for formatting labels, you have to maintain a {realaxis:{label:labelValue},realaxis:{label:labelValue} …} Object for formatting labels

set the

xAxis.tickInterval

for number of calls for label formatting function you have provided