is an option for graphics functions that specifies tick marks for axes.
Ticks
is an option for graphics functions that specifies tick marks for axes.
Details
- The following settings can be given for Ticks :
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None no tick marks drawnAutomatic tick marks placed automatically{xticks,yticks,…} tick mark options specified separately for each axis
- With the Automatic setting, tick marks are usually placed at points whose coordinates have the minimum number of digits in their decimal representation.
- For each axis, the following tick mark options can be given:
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None no tick marks drawnAutomatic tick mark positions and labels chosen automatically{x1,x2,…} tick marks drawn at the specified positions{{x1,label1},{x2,label2},…} tick marks drawn with the specified labels{{x1,label1,len1},…} tick marks with specified scaled length{ { x 1 , label 1 , { plen 1 , mlen 1 } } , … }tick marks with specified lengths in the positive and negative directions{{x1,label1,len1,style1},…} tick marks with specified stylesfunc a function to be applied to xmin, xmax to get the tick mark specification
- If no explicit labels are given, the tick mark labels are given as the numerical values of the tick mark positions.
- Any expression can be given as a tick mark label.
- Tick mark lengths are given as a fraction of the distance across the whole plot.
- Tick mark styles can involve any graphics directives.
- The tick mark function func[xmin,xmax] may return any other tick mark option.
- Ticks can be used in both two- and three-dimensional graphics.
- AbsoluteOptions gives the explicit form of Ticks specifications when Automatic settings are given.
- TicksStyle gives default styles to use for tick marks and tick mark labels.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (4)
Draw the axes but no tick marks:
Place tick marks automatically:
Place tick marks at specific positions:
Specify overall ticks style, including the tick labels, using TicksStyle :
Scope (8)
Ticks Positions and Labeling (3)
Place ticks on the axis only:
Place ticks on the axis only:
Draw tick marks at the specified positions:
Draw tick marks at the specified positions with the specified labels:
Ticks Styling (5)
Specify tick marks with scaled lengths:
Specify tick marks with scaled lengths in positive and negative directions:
Specify the style of each tick mark:
Specify overall ticks style, including tick labels, using TicksStyle :
Specify ticks style for each axis:
Individually styled ticks can be used with TicksStyle , and have higher priority:
Generalizations & Extensions (1)
Specify a grid function applied to xmin and xmax values of each direction:
Applications (1)
Put a major tick with a label at each integer, and a minor tick in between:
Properties & Relations (7)
TicksStyle affects ticks and tick labels:
LabelStyle offers overall style of all the label-like elements, including tick labels:
TicksStyle can be used together with LabelStyle and has higher priority:
AxesStyle affects the axes, axes labels, ticks and tick labels:
TicksStyle can be used together with AxesStyle , and has higher priority:
Individually styled ticks can be used with other styles, and have higher priority:
FrameTicks controls the ticks and tick labels on the frame edges:
GridLines puts grids across the image:
FaceGrids puts grids on the faces of the bounding box in 3D:
Possible Issues (1)
A tick label on the axes origin is not displayed:
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2007 (6.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Ticks, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Ticks.html (updated 2007).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Ticks." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Ticks.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Ticks. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Ticks.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_ticks, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Ticks}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Ticks.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_ticks, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Ticks}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Ticks.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-November-2025]}