How to set backgroundColor for yAxis? (needed as workaround)

[Len5inG]

Hi,
me again.
I have the yAxis and rotated labels anti aliasing 'bug' in my application.
See:
https://github.com/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/663

I want to try the recommended workaround, but I am unable to set the backgroundColor.
Simple because I don#t know how to do this correctly.

I tried the
.setOption("/yAxis/backgroundColor", "#ff00ff")
.setOption("/backgroundColor", "#ff00ff")
.setOption("/labels/backgroundColor", "#ff00ff")
(pink to see working changes)

but it did#t work.

This leads to another question which I still don't understand 100%.

Where does a .setOption() counts?

If I have a
chart.getYAxis.setOption("someOption", "value");

is that like

yAxis: {
someOption
}

or 'ignores' the .setOption the current level? and counts on the chart itself.
so is the path relative or absolute?

hope this all is not too confusing (i am not a native english speaker),
it would be great if someone could help me, to get this IE8-workaround working.

using:
GWT 2.5
smartGWT 3.0
Highcharts-GWT 1.5.0
highcharts.js 2.3.5

THX

[Shawn Quinn]

Yes, calling "chart.getYAxis().setOption("someOption", "value")" is the equivalent of:

yAxis: {
someOption: "value"
}

However, note that, in the link you provided there it looks like they're setting the background color on the "yAxis/title" element rather than just the "yAxis" element. So, you instead probably want something like the following:

chart.getYAxis().setAxisTitle(new AxisTitle()
    .setOption("backgroundColor", "#ffffff")
);

Related example here: http://www.moxiegroup.com/moxieapps/gwt-highcharts/showcase/#combination-multiple-axes

Hope that helps,

-Shawn

[Shawn Quinn]

Related note: if you'd like to see the JSON version of the configuration options that GWT Highcharts is going to instantiate the Highcharts/Highstock instance with (so you can better compare to the Highsoft documentation), you can put a break point near the bottom of the "BaseChart.createNativeOptions()" method (around line 2146 in the current release) and take a look at the value for "options.toString()". Or, alternatively, you can un-comment the "Window.alert" statement around that same location in the "BaseChart.java" class.

[Len5inG]

thx alot

chart.getYAxis()  
    .setMin(0) 
    .setAxisTitle(new AxisTitle()
        .setText(constants.dashChartAxisNameDiff())
        .setStyle(new Style()
            .setColor("#666666")
            .setOption("backgroundColor", "#ffffff")

did the job.

i will post a new thread with my (currently) last highcharts problems.