Highcharts - how to have a chart with dynamic height?
What if you hooked the window resize event:
$(window).resize(function()
{
chart.setSize(
$(document).width(),
$(document).height()/2,
false
);
});
See example fiddle here.
Highcharts API Reference : setSize().
Just don't set the height property in HighCharts and it will handle it dynamically for you so long as you set a height on the chart's containing element. It can be a fixed number or a even a percent if position is absolute.
Highcharts docs:
By default the height is calculated from the offset height of the containing element
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/wkkAd/149/
#container {
height:100%;
width:100%;
position:absolute;
}
When using percentage, the height it relative to the width and will dynamically change along with it:
chart: {
height: (9 / 16 * 100) + '%' // 16:9 ratio
},
JSFiddle Highcharts with percentage height