FrameTicks
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FrameTicks
is an option for 2D graphics functions that specifies tick marks for the edges of a frame.
Details


- The following settings can be given for FrameTicks:
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None no tick marks drawn Automatic tick marks placed automatically True tick marks placed automatically on bottom and left edges All tick marks placed automatically on all edges {{left,right},{bottom,top}} tick mark options specified separately for each edge - When separate tick mark specifications are given for each edge, All specifies that tick mark labels should be included.
- Automatic tick marks are usually placed at points whose coordinates have the minimum number of digits in their decimal representation.
- For each edge, the following tick mark options can be given:
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None no tick marks drawn Automatic tick mark positions and labels chosen automatically All automatic positions are labeled {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 styles func 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.
- FrameTicksStyle gives default styles to use for frame tick marks and tick mark labels.
- Frame ticks are only shown if the frame itself is drawn, as specified by Frame.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (4)Summary of the most common use cases

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-tat

Place frame tick marks and labels automatically:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-ka2


https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-cq3d8n

Place frame tick marks at the specified positions:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-ekp4gu

Specify overall frame ticks style, including frame tick labels, using FrameTicksStyle:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-b386x

Scope (10)Survey of the scope of standard use cases
FrameTicks Positions and Labeling (4)
Place frame ticks and labels on all the edges:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-dk201q

Place frame ticks on the left edge of the frame:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-bfdqm

Place frame ticks on the right and top edges:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-g8qfc3

Draw frame ticks at the specified positions on the right and bottom edges:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-mvzsp

Draw frame ticks at the specified positions with the specific labels:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-l4uz18

FrameTicks Styling (6)
Specify frame ticks with scaled lengths:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-c1bel6

Specify frame ticks with scaled lengths in positive and negative directions:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-dj7cz3

Specify the style of each frame tick:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-ev7dtc

Specify overall frame ticks style, using FrameTicksStyle:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-p26yb0

Specify frame ticks style for each edge:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-mm3at5

Individually styled frame ticks can be used with FrameTicksStyle, and have higher priority:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-bl0k6n

Generalizations & Extensions (1)Generalized and extended use cases
Properties & Relations (6)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions
FrameTicksStyle affects frame ticks and frame tick labels:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-gy9gm4

LabelStyle offers overall style of all the label-like elements, including frame tick labels:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-od1ncl

FrameTicksStyle can be used together with LabelStyle and has higher priority:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-kdx7p4

FrameStyle affects the style of the frame, frame labels, frame ticks, and frame tick labels:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-bnnck7

FrameTicksStyle can be used together with FrameStyle and has higher priority:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-cgqwvf

Individually styled frame ticks can be used with other styles and have higher priority:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-bftvqv

Ticks controls the ticks and tick labels on the axes:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-cuprbp

Use DateListPlot to get frame ticks that correspond to date and time:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0i1lzdc8a-c9oasi

Wolfram Research (1991), FrameTicks, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html (updated 2008).
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), FrameTicks, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html (updated 2008).
Wolfram Research (1991), FrameTicks, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html (updated 2008).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "FrameTicks." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2008. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html.
Wolfram Language. 1991. "FrameTicks." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2008. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). FrameTicks. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html
Wolfram Language. (1991). FrameTicks. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_frameticks, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FrameTicks}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html}", note=[Accessed: 10-July-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_frameticks, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FrameTicks}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameTicks.html}, note=[Accessed: 10-July-2025
]}