Axes: Ticks

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Subtab menu: Range | Lines | Ticks | Labels | Spikes | Layout

Use the Ticks tab to set the display of ticks along the axes.

Some controls only appear for certain plots or with certain options selected.

Control Name Use/Options
Values Set the values for the ticks.
  • Auto -- let the system decide which ticks to show
  • Linear -- list every tick
Max # Set the maximum number of ticks to show.
Reference

This field does not work with the "Auto" setting.

  • [0]
Spacing

This field does not work with the "Auto" setting.

  • [?] -- set the spacing between each tick
  • preset options:
    • x10 -- only uses tens as tick numbers (i.e., 0, 10, 20, 30, etc.)
    • 1/2/5 -- uses a pre-defined set of numbers as ticks
    • all digits -- uses all numbers
Position Sets the position of the tick mark.
  • Outside -- sets the tick on the outside of the axis
  • Inside -- set the tick on the inside of the axis
  • None -- no tick
Length Sets the length of the tick mark.
Width Sets the width of the tick mark.
Color Sets the color of the tick mark.

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Subtab menu: Range | Lines | Ticks | Labels | Spikes | Layout