[Solved]-Highcharts v3.0.1 problems with rotating data labels in IE8 and jQuery v1.7.1-Highcharts

So far I have found that an invalid argument is passed to the VMLRenderer.attr method. Add this log in the top of the function definition to see:

attr: function (hash, val) {if (hash == 'align') { console.log('@attr ' + val); }

This method is probably called from the animation logic.

The solution is:

// Don't run animations on textual properties like align (#1821)
if (fx.prop === 'align') {
  return;
}

References

• Fixed issue with JS errors in IE8 when trying to animate a rotated data label