Highcharts text labels for y-axis

Question

I'm using Highcharts and would like to display a simple column graph, but instead of using numeric values for the y-axis, I would like to use text values.
For example, instead of [0,5,10,15,20] I would like to use [Very Low,Low,Medium,High,Very High].

I noticed it's somewhat possible to do this with plot bands, but that still shows the numeric y-axis labels and just puts the text beside them. I want to only show the text labels.

Answer 1

You can change the labels by using a label formatter. Assuming your data is formed appropriately, you can do something like the following:

var yourLabels = ["Very Low", "Low", "Medium", "High", "Very High"]; var yourChart = new Highcharts.Chart({     //...     yAxis: {                 labels: {             formatter: function() {                 return yourLabels[this.value];             }         }     }     //... }); 

Answer 2

Declare an object which will be used to switch the values you want to change, like the following.

var change = {     0: 'Very Low',     5: 'Low',     10: 'Medium',     15: 'High',     20: 'Very High' }; 

Then on your chart options use labels formatter to switch it.

yAxis: {     labels: {         formatter: function() {             var value = change[this.value];             return value !== 'undefined' ? value : this.value;         }     } }