Remove shadow/background glow on highcharts data label?

WOUNDEDStevenJones picture WOUNDEDStevenJones · Mar 13, 2015 · Viewed 27.1k times · Source

If you check out my http://jsfiddle.net/WOUNDEDStevenJones/oe1vcmqj/1/, the red labels on the chart have a subtle white glow behind them (in at least Chrome and FF). How do I remove that white glow? Or worst case at least change the color to the same blue so it blends in?

I've tried using shadow, backgroundColor, and other properties from their API (http://api.highcharts.com/highcharts#plotOptions.column.dataLabels), but can't figure out what is defining that glow behind the red text.

plotOptions: {
        columnrange: {
            dataLabels: {
                enabled: true,
                color: 'red',
                inside: false,
                xHigh: -45,
                xLow: -9999999,
                shadow: "#ff0000",
                formatter: function () {
                    if (this.point.high) {
                        var myDate = new Date(this.y);
                        var newDateMs = Date.UTC(myDate.getUTCFullYear(),myDate.getUTCMonth(),myDate.getUTCDate());
                        return '<b>' + Highcharts.dateFormat('%m/%e',newDateMs) + '</b>';
                    } else {
                        return null;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

Answer

Paweł Fus picture Paweł Fus · Mar 13, 2015

Set dataLabels.styles.textShadow to false.

    plotOptions: {
        columnrange: { // or general options: "series: { ... }"
            dataLabels: {
                enabled: true,
                color: 'red',
                style: {
                    textShadow: false 
                }
            }
        }
    },

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/oe1vcmqj/2/

EDIT:

Since Highcharts 5.0.3, the property name is textOutline.

    plotOptions: {
        columnrange: { // or general options: "series: { ... }"
            dataLabels: {
                enabled: true,
                color: 'red',
                style: {
                    textOutline: false 
                }
            }
        }
    },

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/oe1vcmqj/49/