In order to get desired result, plotoptions will be
plotOptions: {
series: {
allowPointSelect: true,
states: {
select: {
borderWidth: 4,
borderColor: '#e4b0b2'
}
}
}
},
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'column'
},
title: {
text: 'Stacked bar chart'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas']
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
title: {
text: 'Total fruit consumption'
}
},
legend: {
reversed: true
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
allowPointSelect: true,
states: {
select: {
borderWidth: 4,
borderColor: '#e4b0b2'
}
}
}
},
series: [{
name: 'John',
data: [3, 4, 4, 2, 5],
showInLegend: false,
name: 'Twitter Trending',
colorByPoint: true,
}]
});
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; max-width: 800px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>