HighChart Stacked Column label issue

Question

I have a chart with values that are uneven, ie: First value is 1315 and second value is 1, and so on, and when displaying the chart the labels are being overlapped. I have already searched in multiple forums but no one had the exact same problem. Here's a fiddle to see the problem: http://jsfiddle.net/6LutjLc3/

$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
    chart: {
        type: 'column'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Stacked column chart'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: ['Issue']
    },
    yAxis: {
        min: 0,
        title: {
            text: 'Total fruit consumption'
        },
        stackLabels: {
            enabled: true,
            style: {
                fontWeight: 'bold',
                color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.textColor) || 'gray'
            }
        }
    },
    legend: {
        align: 'right',
        x: -30,
        verticalAlign: 'top',
        y: 25,
        floating: true,
        backgroundColor: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.background2) || 'white',
        borderColor: '#CCC',
        borderWidth: 1,
        shadow: false
    },
    tooltip: {
        formatter: function () {
            return '<b>' + this.x + '</b><br/>' +
                this.series.name + ': ' + this.y + '<br/>' +
                'Total: ' + this.point.stackTotal;
        }
    },
    plotOptions: {
        column: {
            stacking: 'normal',
            dataLabels: {
                enabled: true,
                color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.dataLabelsColor) || 'white',
                style: {
                    textShadow: '0 0 3px black'
                }
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'John',
        data: [1235]
    }, {
        name: 'Toto',
        data: [2]
    }, {
        name: 'Matt',
        data: [1]
    }, {
        name: 'Jane',
        data: [72]
    }, {
        name: 'Joe',
        data: [3]
    }]
});

});

What I need to code is to give the value 1 one box where the label fits in as like any other example in highchart.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

If your client demands use of this style of graph you can get better looking results by modifying your dataLabel settings. Setting overflow to false and adding a formatter function that only returns a value if it's let's say at least 7% (or whatever percentage works best for you) of the current total will help. See the following:

 dataLabels: { enabled: true, overflow: false, color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.dataLabelsColor) || 'white', style: { textShadow: '0 0 3px black' }, formatter: function () { if (this.percentage >= 7) return this.y; } } 

Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/6LutjLc3/4/