DefaultAxesStyle
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DefaultAxesStyle
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is a low-level option for graphics functions that specifies the default style to use in displaying axes and axes-like constructs.
Details

- DefaultAxesStyle->style specifies that the axes-like elements should effectively be replaced by Style[axes,style].
- AxesStyle is applied after DefaultAxesStyle.
- The default setting for DefaultAxesStyle is typically different for different functions.
- For Graphics, the default setting is DefaultAxesStyle->"GraphicsAxes", and in general for an object named obj it is typically "obj Axes".
- DefaultAxesStyle->{} introduces no default style specifications, thereby effectively allowing all outside style specifications in.
- DefaultAxesStyle->style makes any specifications in style override corresponding outside style specifications.
Examples
Basic Examples (3)Summary of the most common use cases
The current setting for DefaultAxesStyle:
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Explicit settings for AxesStyle override DefaultAxesStyle:
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Wolfram Research (2008), DefaultAxesStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html.
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Wolfram Research (2008), DefaultAxesStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html.
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Wolfram Research (2008), DefaultAxesStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html.
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Wolfram Research (2008), DefaultAxesStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "DefaultAxesStyle." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html.
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Wolfram Language. 2008. "DefaultAxesStyle." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). DefaultAxesStyle. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html
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Wolfram Language. (2008). DefaultAxesStyle. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html
BibTeX
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_defaultaxesstyle, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DefaultAxesStyle}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html}", note=[Accessed: 07-May-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_defaultaxesstyle, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DefaultAxesStyle}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultAxesStyle.html}, note=[Accessed: 07-May-2025
]}