Is it possible to disable find-nearest-point behavior in Highcharts but retain point-click events?

Question

On my project I need to create a chart, in which user should be able to point-click on series data, but the points should not be highlighted when the cursor is moved elswhere in the chart - they should be highlighted only when cursor is exacly over a series point. Is it possible to achieve such behavior?

Here there are two options, which HighchartsGPT is proposing: 1)

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'line'
    },
    tooltip: {
        enabled: false // Disable tooltip entirely
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            point: {
                events: {
                    click: function() {
                        alert('Point clicked: ' + this.y);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'Sample Data',
        data: [1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5]
    }]
});

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'line'
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            enableMouseTracking: false, // Disable mouse tracking
            point: {
                events: {
                    click: function() {
                        alert('Point clicked: ' + this.y);
                    }
                },
                marker: {
                    enabled: true // Ensure markers are enabled for clicking
                }
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'Sample Data',
        data: [1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5]
    }]
});

Both options will not do, because with the first option points are still highlighted when the cursor moves elsewhere, and with the second option point-click events are not working when clicking on any point.

Answer 1

You can disable this behaviour via series.stickyTracking option set to false.

Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/highcharts/highcharts/tree/master/samples/highcharts/plotoptions/series-stickytracking-false/

API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/series.line.stickyTracking